White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who on March 16 teased that Biden would hold his first official press conference since taking office on March 25, said on March 23 that Biden was preparing and that “this is an opportunity for him to speak to the American people through news coverage and through you [reporters].
It is expected that Biden will answer a range of questions at the press conference, from the new crown Epidemic (Chinese Communist virus outbreak), vaccines, economic relief, infrastructure plans to border security and gun control.
According to POLITICO, 25 journalists from CNN, CBS and other media outlets will attend.
Recently, the relationship between the U.S. and China has become a focus of attention. At the U.S.-China 2+2 summit in Alaska last week, Chinese Communist Party officials’ war-wolf posture drew condemnation and further sanctions from more than 30 countries, including the U.S. and Europe.
CNN correspondent Phil Mattingly told Politico that he wants to hear more from the president on foreign policy, including U.S.-China relations, Russian election meddling, Iran, North Korea and more, and that “at this point, anything in that area should break new ground.”
The U.S. southern border is another concern, with 16,513 unaccompanied illegal alien minors detained at the southern border as of March 23, according to the U.S. Department of health and Human Services (HHS). Biden’s immigration policies have been much maligned and Vice President He Jinli has now been sent to deal with the border crisis.
The U.S. has also seen two recent shootings in which nearly 20 people were killed; Biden has asked the Senate to advance two pieces of legislation aimed at reducing gun violence, which have already passed the House.
In addition, Biden traveled to Pennsylvania and Georgia to promote the measures in the $1.9 trillion bailout bill he signed. He will also unveil a massive infrastructure plan in the near future.
New U.S. President Holds Late Press Conference in 100 Years
It has been 64 days since Biden was sworn in, making him the newest U.S. president to hold a press conference in more than 100 years. The former President Trump (Donald Trump) in the same Time, has held five press conferences, in 27 days when the first conference; Obama (Barack Obama) is 20 days, Bush (George W. Bush) is 33 days.
In a press conference in early March, Psaki defended him, saying Biden took office amid a historic crisis, with the pandemic causing a recession and countless job losses. “If his energy and attention had been focused on making sure we have enough vaccines for all Americans and pushing through the bailout plan, the American people would have understood.”
Critics, meanwhile, say the Biden team is concerned about the unpredictability of the press conference and is trying to limit the scope to strictly controlled events, as Biden did in his first prime-time address to the nation on the 11th.
One television reporter told Politico that the White House did not hold a formal press conference because of Biden’s tendency to make mistakes and fear what he would say. “But they won’t be able to control him on Thursday. For the most nervous communications team and officials right now, it could be fraught with anxiety.”
For the president, press conferences are a “stress test. Reporters often take the president by surprise with a variety of pointed questions, and the president faces a “rollover” if he is not careful in his answers.
However, some conservatives criticized that the media did not come up with the firepower to challenge the Biden Administration when questioning President Trump (Trump).
The first presidential press conference in U.S. history began with President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The press conferences were taped and required White House approval before they could be shown live. It was not until John F. Kennedy was president that presidential press conferences were broadcast live.
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