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"The Presidency is the most demanding job in the world, it required 24/7 attention, but also, if the President is not fielding random questions from a press an hour a day, he's failing."

One of the most detrimental things about American politics is if you aren't the President, nobody wants to hear from you. When's the last time your Governor or House rep was interviewed by an outlet you recognize? But the President must appear every day for bad-faith questions or he's infirm.

Needs a few more hours of "executive time" every workday and nearly a year w/o a single press conference.

Trump White House goes 300+ days without a press briefing – why that’s unprecedentedtheconversation.com A longtime White House reporter describes what’s lost when the relationship between the press and the president is bad and once-routine press briefings aren’t held.