Politico’s White House correspondents wrote on Saturday about the stark contrast between the “invisible” and “sheltered” former President Biden and the “everyman” President Donald Trump.
Since Trump’s inauguration last week, White House correspondent Eli Stokes and White House chief of staff Dasha Burns described how Trump has given numerous speeches, made numerous policy announcements and held lengthy interviews with reporters.
Trump’s huge media presence A change from the more quiet Biden years.
“Yes, Trump was willing to sign all of these executive orders reversing Biden’s policies,” he wrote. “But the biggest flex for Trump, 78, was to contrast his reach, ability and activism with those of his predecessor, who was often shielded from public view by aides wary of revealing the 82-year-old’s growing limitations. “
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President Donald Trump’s frequent presence in the media is giving some journalists whiplash after former President Biden. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
He continued, “As quickly as movers and shakers rearranged the White House furniture, the nation went from an invisible president unable to command the spotlight to an all-encompassing figure who He wants public attention all the time.”
One reporter referred to Trump’s pressers as a “free-for-all” for reporters, after “more than four years of begging for access to a locked-down Biden.”
“Although Biden took questions from reporters here and there, his more informal exchanges with the press were sporadic and rarely lasted more than a few minutes,” Politico reported. Politico reported.
However, a downside to the article in question was whether continued access to Trump and his views would be almost “too much for the media and the public to absorb.”
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One reporter called recent pressers with Trump a “free-for-all” compared to Biden. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images, left,)
“Within the press corps, there is some confusion about Trump’s firehose blast,” he wrote. “Excitement about being able to ask the president why he pardoned people convicted of vandalism, evictions and violent assaults on police officers, questions about everything from tariffs to TikTok. Not to mention, tempered by the awareness that this is all, once again, too much to process and too much for the country.”
On Sunday, Trump held a 20-minute conversation with reporters on Air Force One where he discussed topics as varied as TikTok and Greenland. He also criticized his predecessor, telling reporters that he had “slightly more reach” than Biden, like “5,000%.”
Former Politico writers said editors dragged their feet in reporting some issues about Biden. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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