The anti-Trump movement has resurged en masse. It’s too bad for them that they are completely impotent.
And a Federal Judge smacked this Trump enemy with a devastating loss they’ll never recover from.
The Trump administration notched a temporary victory Monday after a federal judge declined to immediately reinstate the Associated Press’s (AP) access to key White House events, including Oval Office meetings and Air Force One press pools.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee based in Washington, D.C., ruled that the AP did not suffer “irreparable harm” from the access ban.
While he encouraged the administration to reconsider its position pending litigation, McFadden stopped short of forcing the White House to restore privileges for the Left-leaning news organization.
The AP’s legal battle began after the outlet filed a lawsuit against three senior Trump officials — Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich, and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt — over being barred from presidential events.
At the heart of the dispute? The AP’s refusal to acknowledge President Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.”
Last month, President Trump directed the Department of the Interior to make the name change official. In response, tech giant Google updated its maps for American users, reflecting the new designation.
But the AP, clinging to its globalist narrative, refused to comply — even after the White House warned that noncompliance would result in losing coveted press access.
“We’re going to keep them out until such time as they agree that it’s the Gulf of America,” Trump declared at Mar-a-Lago last week. “We’re very proud of this country, and we want it to be the Gulf of America.”
In its lawsuit, the AP claims the White House’s actions violate First Amendment free speech protections. The Trump administration, however, is holding firm — arguing that access to the president is a privilege, not a right.
The restriction highlights a broader conflict between the administration and the AP’s influential Left-leaning stylebook, which shapes how mainstream outlets frame controversial issues. The AP’s guide, for example, uses ideologically loaded terms like “gender-affirming care” instead of “transgender procedures” and “s*x assigned at birth” rather than biological s*x.
Interestingly, despite its defiance over the Gulf of America, the AP complies with another Trump-era geographical change — referring to Alaska’s Mount McKinley by its rightful name after Trump reversed Barack Obama’s attempt to rename it Denali.
While U.S.-based AP journalists remain on the sidelines, the administration isn’t shutting the door completely.
During French President Emmanuel Macron’s White House visit on Monday, a reporter from the AP’s Paris bureau was allowed to ask Trump a question — a clear sign that the administration is making decisions based on compliance, not censorship.
The White House didn’t hold back in celebrating the court’s decision. “Victory” signs featuring a map of the Gulf of America were proudly displayed in the press briefing room following the ruling.
“As we have said from the beginning, asking the President of the United States questions in the Oval Office and aboard Air Force One is a privilege granted to journalists, not a legal right,” the White House said in a statement.
“We stand by our decision to hold the Fake News accountable for their lies, and President Trump will continue to grant an unprecedented level of access to the press. This is the most transparent Administration in history.”
Judge McFadden will preside over the next hearing on March 20, where the AP will continue its fight to regain access — if it’s willing to acknowledge reality and embrace the Gulf of America.
