energy. that don t yield too much. i think one of the issues for president trump is he s had one solo press conference. he s had a couple with international leaders. but only one by himself, which is a historically low amount. he hasn t given a big address to the nation, aside from his joint speech to congress. not doing a lot to sort of move people outside of his base. so, i think talking more to those people could prove a benefit to getting the national attention on it. you re sort of laughing, mack, but isn t this exactly what you would recommend for the president? to a point. i was not laughing, i was kind of in a respectful way. but i think you make an excellent point. i think it s fine. president reagan and mike really invented the photo-op and the message of the day. that s how all of this is now moving forward in a very different age of communication. but it s a little bit like mike tyso tyson. you get hit by the first punch. you have to get hit by some
president s message said if you don t hear the president s voice, that s why the briefing, particularly an on-camera briefing is so important. and we re not hearing the president s voice. as jim has said over and over again. we ve had one solo press conference. that was february. what is this, june. brian, what do you say, though, to folks who are listening at home who think this is reporters complaining about their jobs being difficult or complaining about not being respected? i think april makes a great point. it s not about us. it s about what this president is doing. look, i separate from the president from his white house press staff because sometimes they ve shown promise for doing some things. i credit them for bringing in people from the cabinet to talk to us in some of the briefings. i give them credit for all that. but this president has undermined us from the very beginning. he s called us enemies of the people. he has told us we are fake media, and he is trying to unde
it s about free press, the american public, getting the information from the highest office in the land, from the man they elected. and martha joint kumar, author of managing the president s message said if you don t hear the president s voice, that s why the briefing. particularly an on-camera briefing is so important. and we re not hearing the president s voice. as jim has said over and over again. we ve had one solo press conference. that was february. what is this, june. brian, what do you say, though, to folks who are listening at home who think this is reporters complaining about their jobs being difficult or complaining about not being respected? i think april makes a great point. it s not about us. it s about what this president is doing. look, i separate from the president from his white house press staff because sometimes they ve shown promise for doing some things. i credit them for bringing in people from the cabinet to talk to us in some of the briefings. i give th
not speaking much to the press since taking office in january. since that time he s only held one solo press conference. at this point in president obama s first material, he d held six. president bush 43 had held three and president clinton had held seven. and president trump is thinking of limiting briefings to once a week and to require reporters to submit questions in writing. i don t think that will sit well with the press corps. not at all of everything about it is bad. limiting it to once a week certainly. the real insidious thing in my opinion is this notion of submitting questions in writing. i mean, very bizarre. i wonder if we should submit our objections in writing after the trial. it just gives the white house the opportunity to pick and choose the questions that they want to answer. and it is completely against what the
met with seven for leaders. mr. prime minister, it s an honor. chancellor merkel. it s a great honor. it s a tremendous honor. today i have the honor. it s really an honor. it s an honor. he got dissed by only one. the president himself has made a total of seven trips to mar-a-lago. he s made golf trips there and else where a total of 19 times since taking office. i m going to be working for you. i m not going to have time to play golf, believe me. the president has held eight joint press conferences but only one solo press conference. that s the way i want it. that s how i want it. that s how i won. i won. i won the presidency. yes, he won. three campaign-style rallies.