President Trump called a press conference that was initially billed as an announcement of his new nominee for secretary of labor, Alexander Acosta, on Thursday at the East Room of the White House. But after announcing Acosta his pick, Trump launched into a 25-minute statement that at times resembled a “Festivus”-like airing of grievances, blasting the media’s coverage of his first month in office.
“I turn on the TV, open the newspapers and I see stories of chaos. Chaos!” Trump said. “Yet it is the exact opposite. My government is running like a fine-tuned machine.”
In his freewheeling statement, Trump addressed topics including but not limited to: Russia, ISIS, jobs, polls, the margin of his electoral college victory, the price of street drugs, the “never Trump” movement, his conversations with world leaders, female entrepreneurs, his daughter Ivanka, military budgets, his planned border wall, uranium, lying politicians and the dishonest media.