Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced on Wednesday a "broad spectrum" of news media outlets that the Pentagon's new controversial press policy.

President Trump announced the gift Thursday, telling supporters that “a friend” sent a check to make up for what he called a “Democrat shutdown.”

Last week, reporters for major broadcast and cable news networks, including Fox News, as well as the Associated Press, The New York Times and The Washington Post declined to sign on to the new Pentagon policy. They objected to provisions in the policy that read as if they were agreeing to only seek Pentagon-approved information.

The Pentagon says a “new press corps” of 60 journalists who had agreed to follow a new media policy will be welcomed into the building to cover the U.S. military

The Defense Department has announced a “new media” press corps largely comprised of conservative news outlets after restrictions introduced for journalists covering the agency led many to walk out rather than agree to the agency’s demands.

The Pentagon’s “next generation” press corps, which the body announced on Wednesday, is reportedly heavy on right-wing outlets that have trafficked in conspiracy theories and levied attacks on traditional publications.

“Today, the Department of War is announcing the next generation of the Pentagon press corps,” wrote chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell on Wednesday. He claimed over 60 “journalists, representing a broad spectrum of new media outlets and independent journalists,” signed the Pentagon’s access policy.

The new crop of right-wing media and influencers come after dozens of seasoned journalists across the political aisle turned in their badges

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that Pentagon personnel be required to coordinate all interactions with Congress through the building’s central legislative affairs office,

And the on-the-record message from the defense secretary’s main mouthpiece, Sean Parnell, aimed at anonymous military critics of his boss, is that they should consider resigning. “Our warriors deserve senior leaders who support the mission and put warfighting first,” Pentagon spokesman Parnell said.