Trump isn't done overhauling the White House — and his next move could hit the media where it works

Reporters who cover the White House may lose their longtime workspace. President Donald Trump said Sunday that he is weighing a move of the press corps out of the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, with the vacated area going toward other needs inside the building. He wrote on Truth Social that no swimming pool is part of it and never was, according to Fox News.

The idea follows an Oct. 20 New York Times story saying Trump had talked about putting an indoor swimming pool where the briefing room sits. On Saturday, Trump dismissed that account as false, noting the old pool lies directly beneath the room and saying it would never return. He called such a notion stupid, though he allowed that reporters might go to a "less obnoxious location."

Asked for further comment, the White House pointed Fox News Digital to the Sunday post. The room was the setting on April 6, 2026, for a news conference where Trump cautioned reporters against revealing specifics of a raid to rescue two airmen downed over Iran, saying such coverage could endanger operations.

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