tuned. or when he narrowed his supreme court choices to a two-person finale the potential supreme court pick? reporter: saving his pick for primetime. he is very much trying to mastermind his presidency, market his presidency with that sort of reality television sensibility. reporter: tv trump and president trump love grand entran entrances. boasts i won. we had such great success. i think it s the best job that we ve done thus far. there s a great day for american workers. it s going to be great. make america great again. reporter: and readings. he bragged to the a.p. about giving a network morning show its best ratings since 9/11 and defended press secretary sean spicer after calls to fire him over comments about the holocaust saying, that guy gets great ratings. everyone tunes in. just this week, a made-for-tv bus trip of senators to the white house to discuss north korea, but the dramatic showcasing isn t exclusive to
guy gets great ratings. everyone tunes in. he s probably not wrong. speaking to the associated press, the president in a lengthy interview with the associated press, he was asked about his relationship with lawmakers and voters, and he took the conversation this way. it s the highest for face the nation, or as i call it, deface the nation it s the highest for deface the nation since the world trade center came down. it s a tremendous advantage. is that a measure of success for you? i don t know. i think when you re speaking about the tv ratings that the president gets and his sort of rabid consumption of television news, i think that has worked somewhat advantageously for him, because by watching the news all the time as he s been alleged to have done, and being able to respond with a stroke of a tweet, it has given him this realtime system. to extend that now to sean spicer, where previous press secretaries have been only speaking to the members of the press pool in the