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White House Correspondents: Trump Already Much More Accessible Than ‘Invisible’ Biden

Charlie Kirk Staff

01/28/2025

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White House Correspondents: Trump Already Much More Accessible Than ‘Invisible’ Biden

Politico’s White House reporters emphasized on Saturday the significant difference between the “invisible” and “shielded” former President Joe Biden and the “omnipresent” President Donald Trump.

Since Trump’s inauguration last week, White House correspondent Eli Stokols and White House Bureau Chief Dasha Burns observed that Trump has delivered multiple speeches, made several policy announcements, and engaged extensively with reporters. These revelations raise concerns about who is truly steering the country if Biden appears so sidelined.

Trump’s prominent media presence marks a dramatic shift from the more restrained approach of the Biden administration, according to Fox News, via Politico.

“Yes, Trump was eager to sign all those executive orders reversing Biden’s policies,” they wrote. “But the bigger flex for Trump, 78, was to contrast his accessibility, aptitude and activity with his predecessor, who was so often shielded from public view by aides wary of showcasing the 82-year-old’s growing limitations.

“As fast as the movers changed out the White House furniture, the country went from an invisible president, unable to command the spotlight, to an omnipresent one who wants the public’s attention at all times,” they continued.

One reporter referred to Trump’s pressers as a “free-for-all” for journalists after “four years of begging for access to the more cloistered Biden.”

“Although Biden did take questions from reporters here and there, his more informal exchanges with the press were sporadic and rarely lasted more than a few minutes. More often than not, he was out of view,” Politico reported. But there was one downside, the article noted, which was whether constant access to Trump and his points of view would almost be “too much for the media and public to absorb.”

“Within the press corps, there is some ambivalence about Trump’s firehose on blast,” they wrote. “The excitement about being able to ask the president about why he pardoned people convicted of vandalism, trespassing and violently attacking police officers, not to mention questions about everything from tariffs to TikTok, is tempered by the awareness that it is all, once again, too much. Too much to process and capture in real-time. Too much for the country to digest.”

On Sunday, Trump conducted a 20-minute media session aboard Air Force One, discussing issues such as TikTok and Greenland. He also took a swipe at Biden, claiming that reporters now have “a little bit more access” than they did under the former president—”by like 5,000%.”

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Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.

Charlie is also the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show” podcast, which regularly ranks among the top-10 news shows on Apple podcast news charts, and is the host of the nationally syndicated daily radio show on the Salem Radio Network live from 12 - 3 PM ET.
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