Later, he held a victory rally in Wisconsin. "Life," Trump said when asked what they talked about. Trump did go down to the lobby of Trump Tower so he could be photographed with rapper Kanye West. On the day he announced his choice for secretary of state, Trump tweeted praise for his pick, Rex Tillerson, the chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil, but didn't appear with him publicly. Instead Trump has opted for rallies, press releases, photo ops, a handful of interviews and tweeting. President-elect Donald Trump and Kanye West pose for a picture Tuesday in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. Bush, who had a shorter transition period, did so 11 times.Īt this point, if president-elect Donald Trump were to hold a press conference every day starting today, he wouldn't hit Obama's mark for formal interactions with the press during the transition period. In all, Obama fielded questions from the White House press corps on 18 different occasions as president-elect. President-elect Barack Obama followed a similar pattern, regularly fielding questions from reporters, as he made choices about who would serve in his administration. The day after that, he answered yet more questions during a press conference to introduce his national security adviser and White House counselors. The next day, Bush introduced his choice for secretary of state and took more questions. He took questions from reporters about his potential Cabinet picks, whether he would call for tax cuts and when the weight of being the next president of the United States hit him. Bush president-elect in 2000, he held a press conference in Austin. Two days after the Supreme Court decision that made George W. 17, 2000, where he named Alberto Gonzales chief White House lawyer, Condoleezza Rice (next to Bush) national security adviser and Karen Hughes (far right) counselor. His campaign sent out daily press releases counting the days since her last press conference, headlined, "Hiding Hillary Watch" - and, at one point, Trump even tweeted about it: One irony - perhaps hypocrisy - of Trump's extended run without a press conference is just how critical he and his campaign were of rival Hillary Clinton's choice to go an extended period (276 days in total) without holding one.
The rescheduled press conference has no such promised focus.Īlready, no president-elect (dating to at least Jimmy Carter) has waited longer to hold a press conference. It was supposed to be about how Trump would address his potential business conflicts of interest as president. But it never happened, canceled before a time and place had been set. 15 was to be the day Trump would hold his first press conference since winning the election. I will be having a general news conference on JANUARY ELEVENTH in N.Y.C.
0 kommentar(er)
