Ric Grenell, former acting Director of National Intelligence during the Trump administration, told Newsmax on Thursday that former President Donald Trump's press conference shows he's "completely transparent" compared to Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump held a press conference on Thursday from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, his first since Harris clinched the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
"President Trump is not a politician and he's not answering questions like a politician," Grenell said on "American Agenda."
"I love the fact that President Trump is someone who just thinks with total common sense and answers questions so that people can understand what he's saying."
When Trump speaks, he's "not trying to spin you; he's literally honest," Grenell said.
He criticized Harris for not taking questions from the media since announcing her presidential campaign and added that reporters used to beg "to have more access and for politicians to be transparent and to look behind the veil."
"What they get with President Trump is someone who's completely transparent.
"He will take any question, go into any group and speak. And it doesn't matter if it's supportive or hostile," Grenell said. "He's demonstrated this over and over."
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Theodore Bunker, a Newsmax writer, has more than a decade covering news, media, and politics.
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