Trump flips script on Harris' 'duck and hide' media strategy with second press conference in a week

Donald Trump will take questions from reporters Thursday at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, the second straight week that the former president has grabbed headlines by holding a news conference.

The move is partially to try and blunt the momentum of Vice President Kamala Harris heading into next week's Democratic National Convention. Harris has been riding a wave of energy and enthusiasm since replacing President Biden at the top of the Democrats' 2024 ticket three and a half weeks ago.

But it also appears to be another move to try and put pressure on Harris for not holding a news conference or a major interview since Biden bowed out and backed his vice president.

"It has been 24 days and Kamala Harris continues to duck and hide from the media – no interviews and no press conferences since she announced," Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung emphasized on Wednesday.

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Trump, at his news conference last week at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, continued to insult Harris' intelligence, arguing that "she hasn't done an interview – she can't do an interview."

The former president's 2024 running mate, Sen. JD Vance, has also been criticizing the Democrats' standard-bearer for her lack of engagement with the media.

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"She doesn’t’ have any ability to be unscripted," Vance charged as he answered reporters' questions following a campaign event in southwestern Michigan. "She sure as hell isn’t giving interviews. She’s not standing before the American people answering questions."

And he argued that "it is scandalous that Kamala Harris is running from the media. But more importantly, she’s