President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
On Monday, hours after he was inaugurated at the U.S. Capitol, Trump took questions for 45 minutes as he sat in the Oval Office and simultaneously signed an avalanche of executive orders and actions. The back and forth with reporters was carried live by Fox News and CNN.
Trump on Wednesday is taking questions from Fox News' Sean Hannity, for his first Oval Office interview since returning to the White House.
The sit-down will run at 9 p.m. ET on Fox News' "Hannity."
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"The president is the tip of the spear and he's been active in wanting to go out and communicate both his successes and the challenges that we have, and he's been active in wanting to solve those," deputy White House chief of staff for communications Taylor Budowich told Fox News.
President Biden listens to a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Jan. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Trump is known for his extended interactions with reporters. He held two unconstrained news conferences at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, during his transition back to the presidency.
And while for years he has accused reporters of being "fake news" and "the enemy of the people," and while his answers to their questions keep fact-checkers busy, his exchanges with the media are often free-flowing, without any aides selecting reporters to ask questions.
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Budowich says Trump's accessibility and off-the-cuff style are contributing factors to his political success.
"The reason we won this election is because of Donald Trump. The reason why we are going to succeed in executing his agenda is because of Donald Trump," he argued.
And he touted that Trump "in the first two and a half days, has accomplished what most presidents fail to accomplish in their first two years."
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