I’m having a good time doing it,” the president was fair enough to admit as he lambasted the media nonstop. Aides filed for re-election on Inauguration Day, an extraordinary step that lets Mr. Trump raise campaign funds for what will be a state of endless campaigning. View all New York Times newsletters. The news conference proved to be another signature recapitulation of himself by himself — Mr. Trump’s relentless superlatives of self-congratulation, his paint-ball putdowns of any and all critics, his swaggering dismissal of controversies already occurring in plain sight. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyViewers may wonder why the president returned repeatedly to his media attacks.

Source: New York Times February 17, 2017 01:52 UTC