White House Launches ‘Trump TV’ Amid Feud With Press
Critics labeled the 24/7 feed as “state run” media as its launch coincided with traditional news outlets being banned from the White House.
The White House unveiled "Trump TV" on September 21, 2026, as a 24/7 video feed centered around President Donald Trump's accomplishments and announcements. The new channel, hosted on YouTube, debuted with a replay of Trump's speech at Mount Rushmore from July 3. As major news networks boycotted coverage of the President due to his ban on multiple outlets, the White House sought to fill the television reporting void with Trump TV.
The purpose of the feed is to showcase the Administration's "greatest hits, unfiltered," according to Kaelan Dorr, the White House's deputy assistant and digital strategy head. The ban on press outlets CNN, MSNBC, and Politico led to their subsequent suspension of television pool coverage of presidential events. Critics, including Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, Senator Mark Kelly, and former Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham, accused the Trump Administration of launching "state-run TV" in an autocratic move to suppress opposing narratives and control public perception.
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