After more than 50 days in office, President Biden has yet to hold a solo press conference, separating him from more than a dozen of his youngest predecessors.
Although the president gave his first speech on Thursday to talk about the country’s progress in defeating the coronavirus pandemic, the longer than seven weeks is the longest period a new president has gone without having to deal with the past 100 years. to assemble the press. the Washington Post.
The White House said last week that Biden would hold a press conference before the end of the month, justifying his long absence from the podium by saying he regularly takes down questions from reporters in informal circumstances.
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“The president asks questions several times a week,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters last week. “[W]This is an opportunity for the people covering the White House to ask him about news on any given day. ‘
She added that the president had directed his “energy” and focus on getting Americans through the pandemic by getting shots in their arms and succeeding in the US rescue plan.
Despite the unusual timing of his entry into the White House, Biden frustrated the White House Correspondents Association. President Zeke Miller told Vanity Fair last week that press conferences “are critical to informing the American people and holding an administration accountable.”
The Washington Post editorial also condemns the president by saying it is a time conference for Biden to hold a news conference.
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Donald Trump, whose government is regularly criticized for irregular communication with the press, held its first news conference after just one week since the beginning of his presidency.
Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton both formally met with the press nine days after taking office, while Barack Obama waited 20 days, the Post reported.