A brand new report Thursday discovered that President Donald Trump dwarfs former President Joe Biden within the variety of questions he is taken from the media at Cupboard conferences.
White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt touted the clear distinction between the presidents as an indication of transparency as she spoke to reporters at Friday’s press briefing.
“As I’ve stated earlier than, and I’ll say it once more as we speak, everyone on this room has entry to probably the most clear and accessible president in American historical past,” she stated. “The Cupboard assembly yesterday was additional proof.”
Citing a report from The Washington Occasions, she stated, “President Trump answered practically 100 questions from the press, all of you, throughout his first three open press Cupboard conferences this yr. That is practically 20 instances the quantity answered by Joe Biden in Cupboard conferences throughout his total 4 years in workplace.”
PRESIDENT TRUMP REPORTEDLY TOOK 1,009 QUESTIONS IN HIS FIRST MONTH, 7 TIMES MORE THAN BIDEN
President Donald Trump answered much more questions from reporters in his first three Cupboard conferences than President Joe Biden did in 9. (Picture by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Pictures)
Trump fielded about 20 questions throughout his third Cupboard assembly on Thursday, after taking 55 within the first Cupboard assembly of his new time period and 15 questions final month, bringing the whole to an estimated 90, based on the Washington Occasions’ rely.
In contrast, Biden reportedly answered 5 press questions over 9 Cupboard conferences in his total time period, in periods lasting about 5 minutes every.
Trump held 25 Cupboard conferences in his first time period, whereas then-President Barack Obama held 19 in his first 4 years.
The final time Biden met along with his Cupboard raised eyebrows. In September, at his first Cupboard assembly in virtually a yr, the president turned the assembly over to his spouse, Jill, who was seated on the head of the desk, declaring, “It’s all yours, child.”
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President Donald Trump attends a cupboard assembly on the White Home on Thursday, April 10. (Reuters/Nathan Howard)
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