‘There is a word for that line of thinking: “un-American”‘ – Jake Tapper slams White House for barring press from briefing CNN anchor Jake Tapper offered a two-minute take on the Trump administration on Friday after some news organizations were kept out of a press briefing. This is a “White House that has had some difficulty telling the truth and has seemed to have trouble getting up to speed on the basic competent functioning of government,” Tapper said.