White House Politico reporters wrote Saturday about the stark contrast between the “invisible” and the “invisible” ‘protected’ former President Biden and the “ubiquitous” President Donald Trump.
Since Trump’s inauguration last week, White House correspondent Eli Stokols and White House bureau chief Dasha Burns reported how Trump has given multiple speeches, made several policy announcements and spoken extensively to reporters.
Trump’s enormous media presence is a change from the more muted Biden years.
“Yes, Trump was eager to sign all those executive orders that reversed Biden’s policies,” they wrote. But the greater flexibility for Trump, 78, was to contrast his accessibility, competence and activity with his predecessor, who was so often shielded from public view by aides wary of addressing the 82-year-old’s growing limitations. to show.”
POLITICO EDITORIAL CALLS TRUMP ‘GREAT AMERICAN FIGURE OF HIS TIME’ BECAUSE OF HIS INFLUENCE
President Donald Trump’s frequent presence in the media is giving some reporters whiplash at former President Biden. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
“As quickly as the movers changed the White House furniture, the country went from an invisible president who couldn’t be in the spotlight to an ubiquitous president who wants the public’s attention at all times,” they continued.
One reporter called Trump’s press offices a “free for all” for journalists after “four years of begging for access to the more secluded Biden.”
“While Biden took questions from reporters here and there, his more informal conversations with the press were sporadic and rarely lasted more than a few minutes. More often than not, he was out of sight,” Politico reported.
One con that was addressed in the article, however, was whether constant access to Trump and his thoughts would almost be “too much for the media and public to absorb.”
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One reporter described the recent press conferences with Trump as a “free for all” compared to Biden. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images, left,)
“There is some ambivalence within the press corps about Trump’s firehose,” they wrote. “The excitement about being able to ask the president why he pardoned people convicted of vandalism, trespassing and violently assaulting police officers, not to mention questions about everything from tariffs to TikTok, is tempered by the realize that it is all, again, too much to process and capture in real time.
On Sunday, Trump held a 20-minute call with reporters from Air Force One, where he discussed a variety of topics including TikTok and Greenland. He also poked fun at his predecessor, telling reporters they had “a little more access” than Biden, by about “5,000%.”
Former Politico writers said editors hesitated in reporting certain issues about Biden. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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