"I have not had a discussion with him about that", Spicer said.
Pressed repeatedly on the topic, Spicer said he simply had not talked to Trump about the matter and added: "If I have not had a discussion with him about a subject I tend not to speak about it". Some Twitter users say he's violated the First Amendment by doing so.
President Donald Trump's tweets take center stage after another morning of quips criticizing the media.
But not everyone can see them.
Trump friend Chris Ruddy, the president and CEO of NewsMax.com, said he thinks Trump should implement an internal White House review process for his tweets before hitting send. Kellyanne Conway on Monday condemned what she called the media's "obsession with covering everything (Trump) says on Twitter and very little of what he does as president".
On 30 May 2017, web sites began posting reports stating that First Lady Melania Trump had banned all food products containing ingredients associated with the multinational agrochemical company Monsanto.... Conway said the outcome at the high court "is what actually matters".
Claimed Attacks on Iran's Parliament, Shrine Kill 12
ET) when gunmen apparently dressed as women stormed the main gate of the parliament building in central Tehran and opened fire. Two civilian visitors and one security officer were injured in the attack, reported news agency Mehr quoting MP Elias Hazrati.
"The pt can not be stressed enough that tweets on legal matters seriously undermine Admin agenda and POTUS-and those who support him, as I do, need to reinforce that pt and not be shy about it", Conway wrote on Twitter Monday morning.
The revised travel ban, set to take effect on March 16 before it was blocked by a court, dropped Iraq from the list of covered countries, removed a provision exempting religious minorities from the ban and made clear it doesn't apply to legal permanent US residents, also known as "green card" holders. Spicer assured reporters Trump "has a full day Thursday".
I left a message at the SG's office, asking about ethical concerns in light of the president's tweets, but didn't get a response.
The president acknowledged the pressure to curb his Twitter use in a series of tweets Tuesday, although he appeared to blame the push as a result of the mainstream media.
On Monday morning, Trump took aim at the Justice Department on Twitter for its defense of his controversial travel ban on six Muslim countries, which is now blocked by the courts.
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