White House press secretary Sarah Sanders earlier this afternoon announced there would be a surprise press briefing. She introduced President Trump, who talked about his border wall demand, and then both Sanders and Trump left the room, taking no questions from reporters. I'm not sure if the press secretary has ever come into the press briefing room before and not taken a single question from one reporter. For comparison, former President Barack Obama often appeared in the briefing room and didn't always take questions. And when he left the podium, his press secretary often stuck around to answer questions in a briefing setting.

Source: CNN January 03, 2019 21:20 UTC