President Donald Trump, right, responding to a question during Tuesday’s Oval Office bilateral meeting, where Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, was asked about the slaying of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Win McNamee/Getty Images

President Trump frequently demonstrates his disdain for journalists. He expresses his admiration for authoritarians almost as often.

Tuesday showed how intertwined those two instincts really are.

Trump repeatedly objected to press questions during an Oval Office photo op with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, whose country does not have a free press.

He lashed out at an ABC correspondent, Mary Bruce, after she invoked the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents.

The president said his ally, Brendan Carr, the chairman of the

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