The White House Correspondents Association says it is disturbed that no reporters from either The Associated Press, Bloomberg or Reuters were allowed on Air Force One to cover President Donald Trump's trip to the Middle East on Monday.

Treating the aircraft as safe for the commander in chief with just a few modifications is "absurd," one former senior defense official said.

Saudi Arabia didn’t even wait for U.S. President Donald Trump to land before it set out to impress him in a sky-high way

Reporters from major news services were barred from traveling aboard Air Force One for President Trump’s high-stakes trip through the Middle East — an unprecedented move that was slammed by the White House Correspondents’ Association.

The White House broke its silence on the backlash since it blocked the Associated Press, Reuters, and Bloomberg from President Donald Trump’s trip to the Middle East. Trump left for Saudi Arabia on Monday with a host of press aboard Air Force One,

The White House Correspondents Association issued a sharply worded statement Monday condemning what it called an “unprecedented exclusion” of wire service journalists from Air Force One as President Donald Trump travels to the Middle East.