trump is having a press conference on 1/11/17 !?!

Big news ........ trump is going to have a press conference on Wednesday 1/11/17 ........... supposedly.  I say 'supposedly' because, if you recall, there was a much ballyhooed and anticipated press conference that was set at the end of November 2016 for 12/15/16, but did not occur.

A few interesting statistics to note, here.  In 2000, G.W. Bush had eleven press conferences between his election and inauguration day.  In 2008, Barack Obama had eighteen press conferences between his election and inauguration day.  To date, with less than two weeks to go before inauguration day, trump has had how many press conferences?   Yep, you guessed it........ ZERO, a big fat ZERO!  In fact, it will be ten days prior to inauguration day, before he has his first, and what will most likely be his only press conference before inauguration day.

Here's another good one; as you can see from a trump tweet, below, it seems that if a person in trump's position doesn't have a press conference for 179 days, then that person should be "admonished" (big word for trump).  If trump were to wait eleven more days, until 1/21/17, he would have gone ........ 179 days without a press conference.  So, if he does have a press conference on 1/11/17, he will have gone 168 days.  Does that count as cause for admonishment, or is the official line in the sand 179 days?

@realDonaldTrump

I am getting great credit for my press conference today. Crooked Hillary should be admonished for not having a press conference in 179 days.

7:17 PM - 31 May 2016


Because the Press has access to ask questions that we, the American people, are unable to ask (and get answered), I have sent an email to the following White House correspondents and it reads as follows:

Don Gonyea from National Public radio

Sheryl Stolberg from The New York Times
Martha Raditz from NBC News
Ben Feller from The Associated Press

On Wednesday, January 11, 20117, trump will have his first press conference in 168 days.  Not since the Civil War has our union been in as much peril as it will be with donald trump as the administrator of our country.  There are many questions that he has not been asked, that he has not answered, and if he has been asked and not answered, has not been pressured to answer without evasion.  The Press is our (the American peoples') conduit between trump and our ability to know what he is doing as our paid servant.  I urge you and all other members of the Press to pursue your jobs with a level of diligence that is greater than at any other time in you careers.  You are one of the major components in limiting the damage that trump will do to our country.

Some questions that I hope the Press asks trump and follows up on until he answers, are as follows.  Please ask these questions and please share them with your colleagues.  

- Why have you not had a press conference, since being elected, until now?

- Why did you cancel the press conference scheduled for December 15th of last year (2016)?

- On May 31st of 2016, you noted that Hillary Clinton "should be admonished for not having a press conference in 179 days." How do you explain that today's press conference is the first that you have had in 168 days, just eleven days short of the number of days that you said Ms. Clinton should have been admonished for?

- Are you aware that steve bannon is a self described Leninist?

- What are your views on Leninism?

- Are you aware that steve bannon is vocally supported by the kkk and the american nazi party?

- What is your opinion of the kkk?

- what is your opinion of the american nazi party?

- In granular detail, explain how you intend to resolve your conflict of interest issues?
******* Follow up on this question when trump evades
******* If follow up question is evaded, whoever the next journalist chosen is, please continue on with this question. This question is a critical question and trump should not be allowed to evade unless he directly states that he will not address the question.

- provide a precise date on which you will release your personal income tax returns for public review.

- Do you intend to comply with U.S. Code, Title 5, Part III, Subpart B, Chapter 31, Subchapter I, Paragraph 3110, which specifically prohibits your appointment of your daughter and your son-in-law?

- Can you clearly confirm that none of your children will be granted security clearance at any level?

- Specifically, when will you begin construction of a complete, uninterrupted wall along the U.S. Mexican border and what point will the wall start at and what point will the wall end at?

- Specifically, explain the steps that you will take to have Mexico pay for the wall that you will have constructed.

- Now that you have met with U.S. security agencies last Friday, January 6th, about possible Russian manipulation of information released during the election campaign, explain your understanding from that meeting, if you now agree that Russian involvement is highly likely, and how you intend to address involvement by any foreign power in U.S. elections in the future?

- Explain why you will being using private security personnel.
    - follow up = Because you have chosen to use private security arrangements, explain why the tax payers should pay for secret service protection in conjunction with your private arrangements for you or any of your family, and why trump tower should be protected by tax payer provided security forces.

- Will you be setting up a mandatory registry for Muslims in the the U.S. and if so provide a date range of when you expect this registry to be in effect?

- Have you or will you be paying for any legal fees for individuals that assaulted protesters at your campaign rallies?

I will monitor the press conference and report on which of these questions, if any, get asked and the answers given.