9-24-26 Hour 1 - Media still barred from White House

The Chris Plante Show

Mike Opelka fills in for Chris Plante to discuss President Trump's intensive schedule involving a high-profile visit from the Chinese leader

Key takeaways

• President Trump is hosting the President of the People's Republic of China for an extensive day of bilateral meetings and a state dinner.
• MS13NOW reporter Laura Barron-Lopez reported being denied access at a White House security checkpoint despite a 14-day temporary restraining order.

Main topics

• White House Press Access
• Trump-China Relations

Notable quotes

We will never bow our head or bend at the knee.

Conclusion

The episode highlights deep political divisions in the US, illustrated

Transcript preview

Speaker 5 (0:03) Well guys, here in New York City, the UN General Assembly is in session and today the President of Iran delivered an address. Yeah, Iran's president responded to Trump's threats by saying we will never bow our head or bend at the knee. Trump was like, and I'll never do that because it's physically impossible. I can't. Speaker 1 (0:22) Oh, it's a weight and age joke. I get it. 80 year old guy. Have you seen him on the golf course? Speaker 1 (0:32) Yeah, he's not necessarily genuflecting, but he gets around when he's playing golf. I wish I could hit my drives as far as President Trump hits his drives. And he's got a bunch of years on me. It is the Chris Plant Show. Michael Pelka in for my friend Chris Plant on this Thursday. I find it. Speaker 4 (0:57) Absolutely fascinating that Speaker 1 (1:01) the mainstream media's left side is still going after President Trump on Speaker 4 (1:07) his age and his health, especially the way they avoided both Speaker 1 (1:12) of those topics with Joe Biden until he obviously glitched during that first and only debate in the 2024 season. Speaker 4 (1:22) Oh, my God. You know, if anybody in the conservative media had gone after Biden the way the left goes after Trump on his health and age, we would have been called ageist. Oh, you're ageist. No, we were being honest. But you guys, you look at Trump and you think he's just not capable physically, mentally of being president. Well, I wonder if you looked at his schedule. I wonder if anybody over at the comedy writing team looked at President Trump's schedule today. Speaker 4 (2:08) If you think you could hold up to the same schedule, it is absolutely jam packed. President Trump, after welcoming the Chinese leader to to America Speaker 1 (2:22) yesterday and they had the wonderful flyover, they had the B-1 bomber come flying over during the national anthem. Very impressive. Red carpet affair. The first lady escorting Madame Peng. as well as President Trump Speaker 4 (2:39) escorting Xi down the red carpet. But today at 10 a.m., the president, the first lady will greet the president of the People's Republic of China and Madam China and Madam Pang at the White House. And it'll be covered. It'll be covered live. Why? Because the press pool is back and reinstated. We'll get to that, too, because the decision by the judge, Judge Kelly yesterday. Very interesting. Very, very interesting to me. It could come Speaker 1 (3:07) back. The press credential crush could come back in two weeks. More on that. But let's get to the Speaker 4 (3:14) president's schedule because this is amazing. 10 a.m. Meet and greet at the White House. 10.10. The president and first lady participate in an arrival ceremony. So it's basically the same thing. They're going to be at the Grand Foyer inside the White House. Then five minutes later, the president and the Chinese leader. will have remarks in the same grand foyer. Then at 10.30, the President and the First Lady participate in a gift exchange. Speaker 1 (3:44) Gift exchange? Yeah, that's when they give them little gifts. It's always kind of interesting to me to see what is handed over to each side. 1040, so that's just Speaker 4 (3:54) 10 minutes. The President and First Lady participate in Silent Drill Platoon Review. I love the Silent Drill. If you've ever attended the Silent Drill by our military, this precision. Speaker 4 (4:09) This precision drill platoon work is absolutely jaw-droppingly interesting and accurate and disciplined. It will be a moment that Speaker 1 (4:23) is meant to make a statement to the Chinese leader about our military. And the fact that it's being done with the silent drill platoon, I think it's brilliant because it's not about weaponry. It's about people and precision. Speaker 2 (4:37) And it's Speaker 1 (4:38) just great. I've attended them. They're excellent competitions. They're really interesting to see. I know it's kind of geeky. 11 o'clock, the president and first lady participated in a military review. Then we'll see more of the hardware come by. That's going to be at the Rose Garden. 11.30, the president will participate in Speaker 4 (4:57) a bilat, as the cool kids call it, a bilateral meeting with the Chinese leader in the Oval Office. Speaker 1 (5:05) Also at 1130, the First Lady and Madame Peng of China participate in a cultural visit over to the Speaker 4 (5:14) Smithsonian. So they'll be at the Smithsonian, specifically at the Asian Art Wing of the Smithsonian. Then at noon, the president participates in an expended bilat meeting with the president of the People's Republic of China in the cabinet room. Now, this means likely. You will see members of the Chinese delegation alongside the Chinese leader and members of the president's cabinet will be on his on his side of the table. And there'll be a little back and forth and we may get to see some of this. Speaker 4 (5:49) Remember, we opened this up with the mainstream media, Speaker 1 (5:55) Jimmy Fallon, I think it was, mocking the president's health and fitness. And we're just to the noon portion of his schedule. That's the noon meeting Speaker 4 (6:05) with the president and the president of China and their teams meeting in the expanded bilateral meeting at 2 p.m. The president will get his PDB, the intelligence briefing at the White House. And then at 3.30, he'll probably have lunch in between there, too. 3.30, the president participates in a policy meeting in the Oval Office. So he goes from a bilateral meeting, a couple hours of bilateral meetings with the Chinese leader to his PDB, to then a policy meeting with his team in the White House. Then at 6.45, the president and first lady greet the Chinese. president and his wife at the North Portico. They will deliver remarks at just before 8 p.m. at the East Room, and they will participate in a state dinner that starts after 8 p.m. So we're now at a 10-hour day, and Speaker 1 (7:02) he's just starting the state dinner. So anybody want to talk about this guy's age? Anybody want to talk about this guy's physical fitness ability to be a president? You're welcome. 888-630-9625. 888-630-9625. President Trump has a schedule that would make most people buckle. Absolutely buckle. And yet the media continues. questioning his ability. I know you don't watch The View. I watch it for you. And they're always talking about his health, his ability to do the job. I swear he is one of the most vital, one of the most vital 80-year-olds I've ever seen. But just the media should be embarrassed about how they deal with this. Now, I did mention overnight Judge Kelly issued his response yesterday at the end of the hearing. I guess the Democrats were waiting with bated breath for the judge to immediately rule from the bench and overturn the credential poll. And he did not. Instead, he. Talked about it with his team. He went over what they had heard. And then he issued Speaker 4 (8:32) a response that said the due process that is expected was not delivered to these media people. They didn't get due process, meaning they didn't get basically a warning to change their behavior. They didn't get any kind of time warning. And so they were. reinstated immediately, and it's a 14-day reinstatement, which to my money means they still might get their passes pulled. It still could happen as long as they follow due process. And this morning, the people from MS Speaker 1 (9:12) -13 now were at the White House trying to get in. And apparently the full approval had not reached the Secret Service gate at the White House. Jonathan Lemire reporting this morning from Morning Joe. Speaker 8 (9:32) And we have an update now to this morning's breaking news. MSNOW reporter Laura Barron-Lopez was denied access to the White House this morning despite yesterday's ruling by U.S. District