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Donald Trump threatened to get rid of the daily White House press briefing, but then boasted to Fox News Channels Jeanine Pirro in an interview that the briefings are the highest-rated thing in daytime TV. He also took credit for the numbers, making his cancellation threat sound more like gas-baggery. And, since the interview that aired tonight on FNC was taped earlier in the week, NYT has reported Trump is mulling whether to beef up his communications department and bring in Fox News producers.

In the Q&Athat aired tonight, Trump clearly was miffed his reps took heat at the weeks briefings for initially saying Trump fired FBI Director James Comey on the recommendation of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. When that did not pass the smell test, a new explanation was offered: Trump decided in January to fire Comey and there was no good time.

Are you moving so quickly that your communications department cannot keep up with you? Pirro suggested in the taped interview.

Yes, thats true, Trump said.

So what do we do about that? Pirro asked.

We dont have press conferences just dont have them. Unless I have them every two weeks and I do them myself, we dont have them. I think its a good idea, he said. Trump said he would make up his mind whether to scrap the briefings over the next couple weeks. He happily forecast the networks would be very unhappy, because ratings are so high. I dont know what these networks would do, theyre going to start to cry. They get great ratings from me, and yet they dont treat us fairly.

Trump defended White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, and deputy Sarah Huckabee Sanders who took over the briefings in the thick of the Comey canning controversy while Spicer was on reserve duty. But, Trump said, they cant keep up with him.

Heres the thing, the difference between me and another president, Trump explained. Another president, I wont use names, but another president doesnt do what Im doing they really dont. Im not saying that in a bragging way. Another president, Jeanine, will sit in the Oval Office and do practically nothing all day. Im doing every minute of the day Im doing something.

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