Twitter isn't enough: Trump should face a press conference

Since getting elected, Donald Trump has tweeted about America’s nuclear arsenal, the competency of American intelligence agencies and trade with China. But he has not taken sustained questioning about anything in a live, impromptu news conference. We’re left to speculate about what he really means, what it’s based on, and where he’s taking us.

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After promising to hold a mid-December press conference about his business interests, the President-elect issued himself a rain check and said he would meet later with the press, perhaps in January.

Throughout the campaign, Mr. Trump held very few press conferences. He held one during the Democratic National Convention, and then returned to his comfort zone of social media. His plans for the media once he’s in the White House remain disturbingly unclear.

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