The White House stenographers have a problem. is talking so much, the people responsible for transcribing his public remarks are struggling to keep up with all the words.

There were more than 22,000 on , then another 17,000 when Trump visited in North Carolina and California. ItB次元官网网址檚 enough to strain the ears and fingers of even the most dedicated stenographer, especially after four years of relative quiet.

Now there are discussions about hiring additional staff to keep up with the workload, according to people with knowledge of the conversations who insisted on anonymity to discuss internal matters.

The flood of words is one of the most visible B次元官网网址� or audible B次元官网网址� shifts from Biden to Trump, who craves the spotlight and understands better than most politicians that attention is a form of power. HeB次元官网网址檚 been speaking nearly nonstop since starting his second term, drowning out dissenting voices and leaving his opponents struggling to be heard.

Take Wednesday, for example. During a signing ceremony for legislation to , Trump, a Republican, talked up his accomplishments, claimed Hamas was in Gaza, defended his administrationB次元官网网址檚 efforts to and , veered through descriptions of migrant violence and made the surprise announcement that Guant谩namo Bay, Cuba, would be used for people who are in the U.S. illegally.

TrumpB次元官网网址檚 commentary remains laden with falsehoods, including baseless allegations about and assertions that California water policies worsened Sometimes he speaks off the cuff about consequential geopolitical matters, such as a recent suggestion that Palestinians should be while the enclave is rebuilt. It can be hard to know when to take him seriously, like when he muses about serving a third term, which the U.S. Constitution does not allow.

But now that Trump is back in the presidency, itB次元官网网址檚 hard to ignore him.

B次元官网网址淗eB次元官网网址檚 dictating the news on his terms,B次元官网网址� said Michael LaRosa, who worked as a television producer before serving as a spokesperson for former first lady Jill Biden. B次元官网网址淗eB次元官网网址檚 become AmericaB次元官网网址檚 assignment editor.B次元官网网址�

Most presidents try to start their terms with a bang, seizing the moment when their influence could be at its peak. However, Trump is in a different league.

Biden, a Democrat, spent 2 hours and 36 minutes talking on camera and used 24,259 words in his first week in office four years ago, according to numbers generated by Factba.se.

TrumpB次元官网网址檚 comparable stats: nearly 7 hours and 44 minutes and 81,235 words last week. ThatB次元官网网址檚 longer than watching the original B次元官网网址淪tar WarsB次元官网网址� trilogy back-to-back-to-back, and more words than B次元官网网址淢acbeth,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淗amletB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淩ichard IIIB次元官网网址� combined.

ItB次元官网网址檚 also much more than when Trump took office for his first term eight years ago. Back then, he was only on camera talking for 3 hours and 41 minutes and spoke 33,571 words.

Trump has spent decades practicing the best ways to get people to pay attention to him. As a New York businessman, he fed stories to gossip columnists, added gold plating to buildings and slapped his name on every product that he sold. His efforts reached an apex with B次元官网网址淭he Apprentice,B次元官网网址� the reality television show that beamed him into American living rooms.

B次元官网网址淥ne of the things that has given him the advantage is that he thinks like an executive producer,B次元官网网址� said Kevin Madden, a Republican communications strategist. B次元官网网址淗eB次元官网网址檚 constantly programming the next hour and trying to keep his audience engaged.B次元官网网址�

A sign of what was to come arrived shortly after Trump was sworn in. He delivered an inaugural address and then promptly gave more remarks to supporters that were even longer than his speech. And then he spoke at a downtown arena, where people had gathered for a rally, and later he parried questions from reporters for nearly an hour in the Oval Office while signing executive orders.

At one point, he turned to Fox B次元官网网址 ChannelB次元官网网址檚 Peter Doocy.

B次元官网网址淒oes Biden ever do news conferences like this?B次元官网网址� Trump said. B次元官网网址淗ow many news conferences, Peter, has he done like this?B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淟ike this?B次元官网网址� Doocy responded.

B次元官网网址淣one,B次元官网网址� Trump said, answering his own question.

On Friday, Trump presented a tour de force of talking, demonstrating that heB次元官网网址檚 far more willing to put himself in unscripted situations than Biden was.

He spoke with reporters while leaving the White House in the morning. He talked to them again after landing in North Carolina, then again at a briefing on the recovery from Hurricane Helene, and then again while meeting with victims of the storm.

Trump flew that afternoon to Los Angeles, where he conversed with local officials about the recent wildfires. Before boarding Air Force One to leave the city in the evening, he answered more questions from reporters on the tarmac.

As his travels continued over the weekend, Trump spoke to reporters twice at the back of Air Force One B次元官网网址� as often as Biden did for his entire term.

B次元官网网址淭ransparency is back!B次元官网网址� wrote longtime aide Margo Martin on social media.

ThatB次元官网网址檚 not the word that Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, would use.

B次元官网网址淏eing accessible and being transparent are two different things,B次元官网网址� she said.

Sometimes more talking doesnB次元官网网址檛 produce more clarity. One afternoon, Trump told reporters that there were B次元官网网址渘o surprisesB次元官网网址� when Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski decided to oppose Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon. The next morning, Trump said he was B次元官网网址渧ery surprisedB次元官网网址� by their votes.

Jamieson worries that the frenzied pace will exhaust people.

B次元官网网址淢ore people will simply check out,B次元官网网址� she said. B次元官网网址淎nd thatB次元官网网址檚 a problem. An informed citizenry is an engaged citizenry.B次元官网网址�

Kate Berner, who worked on BidenB次元官网网址檚 communications staff, said TrumpB次元官网网址檚 constant talking helps keep his adversaries off balance.

B次元官网网址淏y doing so much and saying so much, it is hard for people who oppose him to organize,B次元官网网址� she said. B次元官网网址淎nd it is hard for any one thing to take hold.B次元官网网址�

But thereB次元官网网址檚 also a risk for Trump, Berner said. If heB次元官网网址檚 not careful, she said, he could once again start B次元官网网址渨earing out his welcome with the American people.B次元官网网址�

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Associated Press writer Will Weissert contributed to this report.

Chris Megerian, The Associated Press