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By Katie Rogers and Maggie Haberman
July 24, 2018
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WASHINGTON On the first couples recent trip overseas, Melania Trumps television aboard Air Force One was tuned to CNN. President Trump was not pleased.
He raged at his staff for violating a rule that the White House entourage should begin each trip tuned to Fox his preferred network over what he considers the fake news CNN and caused a bit of a stir aboard Air Force One, according to an email obtained by The New York Times. The email, an internal exchange between officials in the White House Military Office and the White House Communications Agency last Thursday, also called for the ordering of two additional televisions to support Beam, a TiVo-like streaming device, to make sure the president and first lady could both watch TV in their separate hotel rooms when they travel.
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