Steve Rattner: Trump Has to Face the Press and Take the Tough Questions By Himself

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RATTNER: "I don’t think I have any problem with the President trying to communicate directly to the American people as long as it’s labeled appropriately and it's cleared what the sources. What I have a problem with, and I suspect everybody here will, is that Obama — sorry, President Trump had literally one press conference since he took office that wasn't one of these heads of state kind of deals. And no other president — I think Obama had something like eight during the same period — every other president going back in history has had multiple press conferences where they took questions directly from the press as opposed to trying to communicate directly. I don’t mind them communicating directly, but I think the guy has to stand up and face the press by himself and take all the tough questions and answer them."