President Biden will hold his first White House press conference on March 25, his press secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday.
Biden broke a record of more than a century without a press conference as the new president, and received widespread media criticism.
“President Biden will hold a formal press conference on the afternoon of Thursday, March 25,” Psaki said in a statement.
The number of journalists who will be allowed to attend the event is unclear, as is whether Biden will call from a prepared list of journalists.
Former President Donald Trump often hosted lengthy and combative press conferences with journalists. Biden, on the other hand, receives some questions from journalists at the events.
When Biden responds to reporters on the White House lawn or in the oval office, his responses are usually brief.
Biden, 78, is famous for verbal insults that sometimes distract from his political agenda. For example, last week Psaki was left wiping out Biden’s recent unwritten comment to an American scientist that immigrants from India “take control of the country.”
Psaki indicated at a press conference that Biden may be presented with a list of approved journalists at his first press conference.
The White House press office drastically halted journalists’ access in January, when Biden took office – citing the COVID-19 pandemic – and has asked some journalists at recent press meetings to ask questions. ahead of time.