College source, so I don't trust the data. Depends on what you define a "press briefing" as, I guess. Trump has appeared before the press quite often during covid, but those appearances don't seem to count.
But I distinctly recall a lot of comments on how rarely Obama appeared, during his reign of terror.
Depends on who you talk to. Some say Trump has done more, but these are the "best' numbers I could find with a quick search:
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/presidential-news-conferences
College source, so I don't trust the data. Depends on what you define a "press briefing" as, I guess. Trump has appeared before the press quite often during covid, but those appearances don't seem to count.
But I distinctly recall a lot of comments on how rarely Obama appeared, during his reign of terror.