> He still can pull up a press conference whenever he wants just like every other president has done when they need to communicate with the public The media h

> He still can pull up a press conference whenever he wants just like every other president has done when they need to communicate with the public The media has regularly ignored presidential press conferences they didn't care about for decades now. Bush, Obama, and Trump all had many press conferences that received minimal coverage. In that light, it's no surprise that a President would seek our a more direct line of communication.