President Donald Trump defended barring the Associated Press from the Oval Office and other high-profile, limited media events until it recognized the “Gulf of America” in its coverage, his first public comments on his administration’s increasing public hostility toward the wire service.

Now that Donald Trump is back in the White House, he is favoring a new style of communication with the American public – almost-daily appearances direct from the Oval Office. In the nearly four weeks since he returned to the presidency,

Despite the weirdness to this controversy, Trump appears to have embraced the mugshot as a symbol of defiance. The image has been part of the Oval Office decor since at least February 4, during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the United States.