{"id":2440205,"date":"2025-05-29T07:11:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politico-forced-to-admit-impressive-truth-about-trumps-first-138-days-after-comparing-him-to-biden\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T07:13:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:13:33","slug":"politico-forced-to-admit-impressive-truth-about-trumps-first-138-days-after-comparing-him-to-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politico-forced-to-admit-impressive-truth-about-trumps-first-138-days-after-comparing-him-to-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Politico Forced to Admit &#8216;Impressive&#8217; Truth About Trump&#8217;s First 138 Days After Comparing Him to Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolitico-forced-to-admit-impressive-truth-about-trumps-first-138-days-after-comparing-him-to-biden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2440205&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses President Donald Trump&#8217;s remarkable interaction accessibility during his second term, highlighting that he has consistently engaged with the media more than any recent predecessor. It cites a report from Politico&#8217;s &#8220;Playbook&#8221; podcast, which emphasizes Trump&#8217;s public availability, noting he has made himself accessible for 48 hours without a televised speech as taking office again. Contrasting this with former President Joe Biden, who has been scrutinized by the media for his cognitive decline since leaving office, the piece suggests a shift in media focus towards biden&#8217;s shortcomings. The authors, Jack Blanchard and Dasha Burns, commend Trump for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-dems-think-biden-is-a-disaster-but-are-hesitant-to-voice-concerns-publicly\/\" title=\"Top Dems Think Biden Is a Disaster - But Are Hesitant to Voice Concerns Publicly\">frequent public appearances<\/a> and social media activity, arguing that this increases accountability and visibility for voters. They suggest Trump&#8217;s ongoing interaction with the media makes him one of the most accessible presidents in modern history,a distinction that even some establishment media outlets are now acknowledging.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has done something unmistakably admirable when even the establishment media has no choice but to admit it.<\/p>\n<p>According to Jack Blanchard and Dasha Burns of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/playbook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico&rsquo;s<\/a> &ldquo;Playbook&rdquo; podcast, lunchtime Wednesday will mark 48 hours since Trump delivered a speech or conducted a question-and-answer session in front of a camera. That has not happened since the beginning of Trump&rsquo;s second term as president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Whatever your politics,&rdquo; Blanchard and Burns wrote, &ldquo;that&rsquo;s a remarkable record of public availability, especially when compared to his famously sheltered predecessor.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, that comparison would not have happened as recently as a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, now that former President Joe Biden has left office, the establishment media has finally begun covering Biden&rsquo;s cognitive decline.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Last week&rsquo;s release of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Original-Sin-President-Cover-Up-Disastrous-ebook\/dp\/B0DXCMSHVL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">book<\/a> &ldquo;Original Sin: President Biden&rsquo;s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Decision to Run Again,&rdquo; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jake-tapper-berates-lara-trump-abruptly-cuts-off-interview-mentions-bidens-cognitive-decline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jake Tapper<\/a> and Alex Thompson, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/now-makes-sense-tapper-slip-coming-clean-biden-really-getting-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tapper&rsquo;s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >chutzpah-filled performance<\/a> on the interview circuit while promoting the book, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/world-economic-forum-says-gas-prices-must-go-higher-to-save-democracy\/\" title=\"World Economic Forum Says Gas Prices Must Go Higher to &quot;Save Democracy&quot;\">brought renewed focus<\/a> to the media&rsquo;s role in protecting Biden and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-declaration-war-4-takeaways-state-union-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tyrannical administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it now almost seems fashionable for the establishment media to pile on Biden.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In case anyone still needs this hammering home for them, the Joe Biden experience shows just how important it is that leaders are held up to regular scrutiny,&rdquo; Blanchard and Burns wrote. &ldquo;Trump&rsquo;s answers may sometimes be rambling, erratic &mdash; or even downright unpleasant &mdash; but every American voter can see where he&rsquo;s at.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Remarkably, even Politico&rsquo;s veiled shot at Trump redounded to the current president&rsquo;s credit.<\/p>\n<p>Best of all, Blanchard and Burns focused more on Trump&rsquo;s positives than on Biden&rsquo;s negatives.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A quick trawl through the archives suggests Trump 2.0 has done media on 111 of his 138 days back in office &mdash; an 80 percent hit rate that includes weekends and must put him on course to being just about the most-accessible president in modern history,&rdquo; they wrote. &ldquo;And aside from the lamentable attempt to ban AP, he&rsquo;s basically taken questions from all-comers. It&rsquo;s impressive stuff.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday on the social media platform X, White House press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-karoline-leavitt-uses-ap-photo-fire-back-reporters-ridiculous-south-africa-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> highlighted that particular passage.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Even @politico admits President Trump is the most accessible president in history!&rdquo; Leavitt wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Even <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politico?\">@politico<\/a> admits President Trump is the most accessible president in history! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8hDpmVumQA\">pic.twitter.com\/8hDpmVumQA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/1927696844718490112?\">May 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, while describing Trump&rsquo;s social media activity, Blanchard and Burns noted the president&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sleep-first-time-trump-voters-video-will-best-2-minutes-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legendary work ethic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Aside from the memes, reposts and videos that always pepper his feed,&rdquo; they wrote, &ldquo;Trump posted nine genuine messages yesterday, another nine on Monday and eight on Sunday &hellip; Which averages out about once every couple of hours, after you&rsquo;ve factored in sleep. (If indeed, the president does sleep.)&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In short, one senses sliminess in the way the establishment media has turned on Biden after protecting him for years.<\/p>\n<p>If, however, that sudden hyper-focus on the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politico-forced-to-impressive-truth-about-trumps-first-138-days-after-comparing-him-to-biden\/\" title=\"Politico Forced to &#039;Impressive&#039; Truth About ...&#039;s First 138 Days After Comparing Him to Biden\">president forces establishment outlets<\/a> like Politico to highlight the contrast between the moribund <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-truly-absurd-schedule-week-goes-viral-getting-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> and the energetic Trump, then at least consumers of establishment news and commentary will hear and read the truth about Trump for once.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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As noted by Jack Blanchard and Dasha Burns on Politico&#8217;s &#8220;Playbook&#8221; podcast, by lunchtime Wednesday, it will have been 48 hours since Trump last spoke or held a Q&amp;A session on camera-something that hasn&#8217;t occurred since he began his second term. Blanchard and Burns remarked, &#8220;Regardless of your political views, this is an impressive record of public engagement, especially when compared to his notoriously reclusive predecessor.&#8221; This comparison would have been unlikely just a year ago; now that former President Joe Biden is out of office, the media has started to address concerns about his cognitive decline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2440206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/trump-38.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,6386,4188,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2440205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-comparison","tag-media","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/trump-38.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2440205"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2440209,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440205\/revisions\/2440209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2440206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2440205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2440205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2440205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}