At least a hundred journalists crammed into a corner of the White House’s South Lawn in well-below-freezing temperatures on Friday to flood the newly minted president with questions. Donald Trump was leaving for his first ride on Marine One since taking his oath, and it was the first time all press — not just the reporters assigned to him for pool duty — had a chance to see and be seen by him since he stepped back into the Oval Office.
Gone were the days of Joe Biden, when reporters were barely phased by virtually all questions on the South Lawn going unanswered. In its place was the circus of the 45th and 47th president, who practices an information overload that often creates more questions than it answers.
Photojournalists yelled at reporters in the front to “put your phone down,” and the typically staid White House press corps engaged in some light shoving to get a better view of the man at the front of the frozen frenzy.