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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt provided a powerful statistic to reporters at her Thursday briefing, contrasting President Donald Trump’s accessibility with former President Joe Biden’s.

“As you all know, over the past month the president has taken questions from the press, all of you, nearly every single day, sometimes on multiple different occasions in the same day on any topic any of you wish to talk about,” Leavitt said.

“President Trump set the tone on this approach immediately when he took more than 12 times the questions in his first few hours in office as Joe Biden did in his entire first week,” she added.

One of the enduring images of Trump’s inauguration day for his second term on Jan. 20 was him signing a myriad of executive orders while fielding questions from reporters.

In July 2024, Axios reported in a story titled “Biden’s media evasion” that the Democrat engaged in fewer press conferences and media interviews than any of the last seven presidents at the same point in their term.

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At that point, Biden had only done 164 compared to Trump’s 468.

The next lowest was George W. Bush with 248 and Ronald Reagan at 262.

The Daily Signal reported in August 2023 that “over the past three months, the number of reporters with access to the White House dropped by 31%. There are now 442 fewer reporters with a coveted ‘hard pass’—the result of new rules announced in May.”

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White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller chastised the White House reporters Thursday for not making more of Biden’s apparent disengagement.

“You’re tempting me to say some very harsh things about some of our media friends,” Miller said when asked who was governing the country during the Biden years.

He continued, “It is true that many of the people in this room for four years failed to cover the fact that Joe Biden was mentally incompetent and was not running the country.”

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Randy DeSoto has written more than 3,000 articles for The Western Journal since he began with the company in 2015. He is a graduate of West Point and Regent University School of Law. He is the author of the book "We Hold These Truths" and screenwriter of the political documentary "I Want Your Money."
Randy DeSoto wrote and was the assistant producer of the documentary film "I Want Your Money" about the perils of Big Government, comparing the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. Randy is the author of the book "We Hold These Truths," which addresses how leaders have appealed to beliefs found in the Declaration of Independence at defining moments in our nation's history. He has been published in several political sites and newspapers.

Randy graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a BS in political science and Regent University School of Law with a juris doctorate.
Birthplace
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Nationality
American
Honors/Awards
Graduated dean's list from West Point
Education
United States Military Academy at West Point, Regent University School of Law
Books Written
We Hold These Truths
Professional Memberships
Virginia and Pennsylvania state bars
Location
Phoenix, Arizona
Languages Spoken
English
Topics of Expertise
Politics, Entertainment, Faith




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