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Confused Trump presses aides with puzzling question: 'Where are the cameras?'

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President Donald Trump asked aides a puzzling question as journalists from three media outlets were turned away in violation of a court order, according to a well-sourced reporter. MS NOW's Jonathan Lemire told "Morning Joe" that the 80-year-old president seemed confused Thursday that the press pool wasn't on the premises despite ordering crews from MS NOW, CNN and Politico banned from the White House, and two reporters from CNN and another from MS NOW were turned away from the state dinner arrivals despite a judge ordering their reinstatement. "You know, a couple days ago when we had said that banning media outlets would only hurt the president, I mean, here's a perfect example of it," host Joe Scarborough said. " You had some hero shots that he could have had coming out of the White House – video, great video, you know, yeah, s tate dinners, r ed carpet. Yeah, but it just hasn't happened, and it hasn't happened because, well, he banned the media." Lemire offered additional insight ba