„UPDATE: The White House has additional testing guidance and other announcements about safely opening up America again. President @realDonaldTrump will brief the nation during a press conference this evening,“ McEnany posted on Twitter.
Trump’s marathon briefings have been the subject of stepped-up criticism of late, especially in the wake of the president’s dangerous suggestion last week that Americans inject or ingest disinfectants as a coronavirus remedy. That suggestion, which Trump later tried to claim was made sarcastically, prompted a near-universal rebuke from lawmakers and health experts.
After suggesting Americans ingest disinfectants on Thursday, Trump’s Friday briefing was among his shortest yet and did not include a question-and-answer session with the assembled press. There were no briefings over the weekend either, boosting speculation that the White House had begun to see the press conferences as a drag on Trump’s approval ratings.
McEnany, in her interview with Fox News, said the White House is looking at other ways to “showcase” President Donald Trump’s “great entrepreneurship,” and added that the briefings are an important part of that as a way for the president to “speak directly to the American people.”
“The briefing’s a key component of that. We will have briefings this week,” McEnany said on Fox News Monday. “But again, the media needs to not read into what’s happening and look at this as an opportunity for the president to speak to the American people via the CEO meeting and later in the week during briefings as well.”
“I’m not going to get ahead of what the briefings will look like this week. They may have a different look,“ she also said. „I’m not going to get ahead of those announcements, but make no mistake, the president will be briefing the American people this week. Millions and millions tune in to watch him and see his leadership.”
Source: politico.com
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