White house stenographers are struggling to keep President Donald Trump while he was again in office with a stream of public comments.
Trump spoke almost 7 hours and 44 minutes publicly in the first week of his presidency, according to a count reported by the Associated Press and spoke 81,235 words.
On his first day alone, Trump held an inauguration speech of 30 minutes, followed by a second speech of 30 minutes for an overflow, he organized two different speeches in the congress and lunch before he traveled to the Capitol One Arena for a speech of almost 30 minutes the inauguration parade.
Later that day he spoke about 47 minutes and signed executive orders in the Oval Office and spoke with three separate inaugural balls.
Later that week Trump traveled to North Carolina, California, Las Vegas and Florida for public events that emphasize his commitment to disaster help, tax policy and a speech to the congress residence in Florida.
He also spoke with reporters on Air Force One on two different occasions during the trip and answered questions for approximately 20 minutes.
It is a sharp contrast to former President Joe Biden, who spent 2 hours and 36 minutes on the camera in his first week and only spoke 24,259 words as president.
The president answered 136 different questions from reporters in the first week of his presidency, according to an analysis by DailyMail.com.
US President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters in the press room of the White House
President Donald Trump speaks while he meets homeowners who have been affected by Hurricane Helene
US President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing about natural fires
“You get a little but more access to your president than the last one,” he told reporters, referring to former President Biden who was notoriously stingy with his time at the press.
“With around 5000 percent,” he added.
The White House is considering strengthening the Stenograph team with extra employees, according to sources who speak with the Associated Press, because they do not expect Trump to give up his pace of public comments and press events.
The president also held a press conference on Thursday to tackle the collision in the air in Washington, DC between a military helicopter and a passenger plane, killed 67 people.
The press conference lasted approximately 35 minutes, because the president promised to reach the cause of the accident on the bottom of the accident.
“We don't know what led to this crash, but we have some very strong opinions and ideas, and I think we will probably mention those opinions now,” he said, and blame.
Later on Thursday he held another event in the Oval Office to sign executive orders that tackle the crisis.
When asked if he was going to visit the crash location, he reminded the reporter that it was in the Potomac river.
'I have a plan to visit – not the site. Because what – you tell me. What is the site? Water. Are we going to swim? “He asked.
