JAKE TAPPER (HOST): After the president's admission today [that he did not make tapes of his conversations with James Comey], the White House held a press briefing in which cameras were banned, and the audio was not provided live. Rather, it was released after the fact, which is odd and unusual, and this is about more than just one weird claim of tapes. This is part and parcel of a White House trying to operate in something close to an accountability-free zone where they don't have to go on TV live and defend aberrant behavior on Twitter or explain the false things that the president says at rallies before supporters, things like this, said last night in Iowa about the Paris climate deal.
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DONALD TRUMP: And they all say it's nonbinding. Like hell it's nonbinding.
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TAPPER: It's nonbinding. It is. That's just a fact. You know who told me that? A really good senior administration official source.
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TRUMP: As of today, the United States will cease all implementation of the nonbinding Paris accord.
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TAPPER: “The nonbinding Paris accord.” I would ask the president about this inconsistency, but he is limiting his interviews, generally excluding all but the friendliest of media outlets. At the same time, his White House is limiting televised press briefings and answering basic questions, instead saying, “The president has been very clear” when he has been anything but, or responding, “The tweet speaks for itself” when the tweet most certainly does not, as was made clear just today.
