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Daniel Keane

Reporter blocked from Oval Office by Donald Trump for using the term 'Gulf of Mexico'

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office at the White House - (AP)

The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from an event in the Oval Office on Tuesday after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has ordered renamed the Gulf of America.

The reporter, whom the news agency would not identify, tried to enter the White House event as usual Tuesday afternoon and was turned away.

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