President Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office on Thursday and deliver remarks on Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists and the situation in Ukraine, the White House announced Wednesday.
The 8 p.m. address will mark only the second time during his presidency that Biden, 80, will address the country from behind the Resolute Desk at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement that the speech “will discuss our response to Hamas’ terrorist attacks against Israel and Russia’s ongoing brutal war against Ukraine.”
Biden’s first prime-time Oval Office speech was in June, during which the president celebrated the passage of legislation raising the federal debt ceiling until January 2025, telling Americans that the country had narrowly avoided “economic collapse.”
It will be Biden’s second prime-time speech from the Oval Office. Getty Images Biden will talk about Israel’s war and the situation in Ukraine. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
Biden has maintained a low media profile throughout his presidency, interacting with the press much less than many of his predecessors.
The most recent data compiled by political scientist Martha Kumar and provided to the Washington Post Tuesday shows that Biden has only conducted 74 media interviews.
By comparison, former President Donald Trump had conducted 273 interviews at the same point in his presidency and former President Barack Obama had conducted 381 interviews.
Former presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George HW Bush and Ronald Reagan had conducted more interviews than Biden at this point in his term, according to Kumar’s analysis.
Biden has given 74 interviews and participated in 30 press conferences since taking office.AP The speech will come a day after Biden agreed to provide $100 million in humanitarian aid for the Palestinian territories.ZUMAPRESS.com
Biden’s 30 news conferences are also stingy compared to those of previous presidents, and the fewest since Reagan’s 19.
Trump had participated in 52 press conferences by this point in his presidency, Obama had done 59, George W. Bush had done 62, Clinton was at 102 and George HW Bush had completed 105 of them, according to Kumar.
Biden’s preferred method of interacting with the press appears to be when he’s on the move, during informal meetings with journalists, of which Biden had made 492; That’s fewer than Trump’s 521 meetings, but much more than Obama’s 88 at this point in his presidency. .
The president’s Oval Office speech Thursday will come a day after his visit to Israel, where he announced that the United States would provide $100 million in humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and said he plans ask Congress for an “unprecedented” military aid package for the Jewish State.
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