President Donald Trump reportedly answered more than 1,000 questions in the first month of his second term, surpassing both previous presidents and the first 30 days of his first term.
During the 2024 campaign, both former President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were frequently criticized for their lack of unscripted media appearances. Trump, by contrast, has made it a cornerstone of his public image and his political career that he is willing to offer off-the-cuff remarks at a moment’s notice, something which has shown no signs of slowing down in his second term.
National Journal White House correspondent George E. Condon Jr. reported that his news outlet tracked 1,009 questions the president had answered in the past month, from less than an hour of taking office up until last Wednesday night.
“It took Trump only three days to eclipse the 141 questions former President Biden took in his first month; Trump took 164 questions by the end of his third day,” Condon wrote. “That day, he also went past the known count of 161 questions in former President Obama’s first month in 2009, though that carries an asterisk because transcripts don’t exist for most of the interviews he granted.”
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 11: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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