Tom Hanks Gives White House Reporters a $2000 Coffee Maker to ‘Keep Up a Good Fight’

In further to being an excellent tipper, Tom Hanks is a follower in a free—and caffeinated—press.

On Thursday, Reuters White House and politics contributor Steve Holland tweeted out a photo of a imagination espresso appurtenance a actor sent to reporters covering a Trump administration. “Thankx [sic] to for a new coffee appurtenance for a schlubs in a WH press room,” he wrote.

The present was accompanied by a note from Hanks, that reads: “Keep adult a good quarrel for Truth, Justice, and a American Way. Especially a law part.” The minute also facilities Bill Mauldin’s Pulitzer prize-winning World War II drawing, that depicts a juncture of a existence of fight for American soldiers on a belligerent contra how it was being reported behind home.

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In box you’re meditative of shopping a new coffee maker yourself (and don’t have a Tom Hanks in your life to present we one), this one appears to be a Pasquini Espresso Machine, that goes for between $1,740 and $2,219, depending on a model.

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Hanks’ act of good will comes during a time when President Trump has continued to worsen his critique of what he considers a biased media, denouncing stories as “fake news”, calling certain publications “the rivalry of a American people,” and barring outlets like CNN and a New York Times from a press briefing.