It took President Donald Trump just a few hours in office to take more questions from the press than former President Joe Biden took in his entire first week, according to a Daily Caller analysis.
In Biden’s first week in office — from Jan. 20, 2021 through Jan. 26, 2021 — the then-77-year-old took just six questions from the White House press corps, according to White House pool reports. Some of these questions were answered with just one word.
One of Biden’s wordiest answers in his first week came in response to a question about his Covid-19 vaccination goals: “When I announced it, you all said it’s not possible. Come on, give me a break, man,” Biden snapped.
Comparatively, the Daily Caller’s analysis shows that Trump surpassed that number just several hours after being sworn in as he took 75 total questions and follow-ups over a 48-minute period in the Oval Office while signing executive orders.
Trump, 78-years-old, took questions from the press 11 times, often for extended periods of time, throughout his first week.
Biden took questions 51 times during his first three months in office and interacted with the press a total of 164 times over his first year in office. Based on his interactions with the media during his first week, Trump is on pace to easily surpass both Biden’s three-month and one-year benchmark.
