“I’m not ranting and raving,” President Trump insisted Thursday, 47 minutes into a 77-minute tempest of a news conference in which he did just that. And he excoriated the media — once the “fake news,” now the “very fake news.”But the president also put on a show. “I’m having a good time doing it.”The question is how much control Trump has beyond his performance the gold-draped East Room of the White House. Feb. 16, 2017 President Trump speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House. He attacked reports of White House missteps and melodramas as sensationalist and unfair, and their sources as criminals.

Source: Washington Post February 16, 2017 23:33 UTC