We’re seeing more of this — and, pretty clearly, Trump and his communications team don’t like it. But it did not offer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, nor acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney. ADEven more extreme are the Trump video ads that are appearing on Twitter, where anything goes given the platform’s lax standards. In some cases, TV interview shows need to rethink the idea of live interviews with Trump surrogates. By ending the daily press briefing — it’s now been well over 200 days since the last one — the Trump White House has shown clearly that it’s not interested in being responsive to questions asked on behalf of the public.

Source: Washington Post October 07, 2019 15:26 UTC