Article snippet: MORE’s reality show presidency took a new twist on Friday morning, as he held an impromptu question-and-answer session with reporters on the White House driveway for the first time. It was the kind of event that simultaneously outrages his critics while enthusing his supporters, who see him as taking the fight to the media. It also closed a week that had begun with a very different example of Trump’s fixation on media image. His summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore drew around 2,500 members of the news media and hit front pages around the world. Trump’s performance including a number of false claims — 19, according to MSNBC anchor Katy Tur, who devoted a significant portion of her Friday show to fact-checking the president. Trump insisted that a Department of Justice inspector general’s report on the FBI “totally exonerates me” on allegations of collusion with Russia. It did not do so. Trump also claimed that he had “solved” the North Korean nuclear problem at the Singapore summit — a claim that is exaggerated at best. But the occasion showcased Trump’s capacity to drive media coverage yet again. The apparent spontaneity of his public events, together with his eagerness to fan the flames of controversy, often seems to matter more — at least in terms of the volume of coverage he receives — than any lack of veracity. “Trump has a knack for making news,” said Rick Tyler, who served as communications director for Sen. MORE (R-Texas), a Trump r... Link to the full article to read more