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President Donald Trump is rapidly showcasing his accessibility to reporters days aft returning to the White House, a stark opposition to his Democratic predecessor who often ducked questions and took scripted questions from reporters.
"We'll instrumentality a fewer questions," the president said connected Tuesday, aft announcing what's said to beryllium a half-trillion dollar concern by apical tech companies to vastly grow the nation's artificial quality infrastructure.
Trump past took questions for fractional an hr from reporters gathered astatine the White House.
It was the 2nd consecutive time the caller president held an informal, off-the-cuff and freewheeling quality league with reporters.
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On Monday, hours aft helium was inaugurated astatine the U.S. Capitol, Trump took questions for 45 minutes arsenic helium sat successful the Oval Office and simultaneously signed an avalanche of enforcement orders and actions. The backmost and distant with reporters was carried unrecorded by Fox News and CNN.
Trump connected Wednesday is taking questions from Fox News' Sean Hannity, for his archetypal Oval Office interrogation since returning to the White House.
The sit-down volition tally astatine 9 p.m. ET on Fox News' "Hannity."
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"The president is the extremity of the spear and he's been progressive successful wanting to spell retired and pass some his successes and the challenges that we have, and he's been progressive successful wanting to lick those," lawman White House main of unit for communications Taylor Budowich told Fox News.
The accessibility with reporters showcases Trump's unscripted nature, and it stands successful stark opposition with former President Joe Biden, whose interactions with reporters were much constricted and astatine times tightly stage-managed.
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"Did Biden ever bash quality conferences similar this?" Trump asked connected Monday, arsenic helium appeared to instrumentality a jab astatine the erstwhile president.
Trump is known for his extended interactions with reporters. He held 2 unconstrained quality conferences astatine his Mar-a-Lago nine successful Palm Beach, Florida, during his modulation backmost to the presidency.
And portion for years helium has accused reporters of being "fake news" and "the force of the people," and portion his answers to their questions support fact-checkers busy, his exchanges with the media are often free-flowing, without immoderate aides selecting reporters to inquire questions.
Budowich says Trump's accessibility and off-the-cuff benignant are contributing factors to his governmental success.
"The crushed we won this predetermination is due to the fact that of Donald Trump. The crushed wherefore we are going to win successful executing his docket is due to the fact that of Donald Trump," helium argued.
And helium touted that Trump "in the archetypal 2 and a fractional days, has accomplished what astir presidents neglect to execute successful their archetypal 2 years."
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