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Biden held fewer press conferences than past 5 presidents – AP report The numbers have shown the president is not as open to engagement with reporters as the White House would like to claim. During his first two months in office he signed nearly 50 executive orders, attacked a foreign country, pushed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, and warned America that democracy itself was under threat by “domestic terrorists” after the pro-Trump riot on Capitol Hill. Biden did all of that without speaking to the press. By the time he eventually held a press conference, he had broken a 100 year record of presidential silence, waiting longer to face the media than any of his 15 most recent predecessors. That trend continued throughout his first year in office, with AP revealing that Biden has held a total of nine press conferences and gave 22 interviews to the media so far.