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. It香蕉视频直播檚 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 香蕉视频直播� or audible 香蕉视频直播� shifts from Biden to Trump, who craves the spotlight and understands better than most politicians that attention is a form of power. He香蕉视频直播檚 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 administration香蕉视频直播檚 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.

Trump香蕉视频直播檚 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, it香蕉视频直播檚 hard to ignore him.

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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.

Trump香蕉视频直播檚 comparable stats: nearly 7 hours and 44 minutes and 81,235 words last week. That香蕉视频直播檚 longer than watching the original 香蕉视频直播淪tar Wars香蕉视频直播� trilogy back-to-back-to-back, and more words than 香蕉视频直播淢acbeth,香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播淗amlet香蕉视频直播� and 香蕉视频直播淩ichard III香蕉视频直播� combined.

It香蕉视频直播檚 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 香蕉视频直播淭he Apprentice,香蕉视频直播� the reality television show that beamed him into American living rooms.

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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 News Channel香蕉视频直播檚 Peter Doocy.

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On Friday, Trump presented a tour de force of talking, demonstrating that he香蕉视频直播檚 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 香蕉视频直播� as often as Biden did for his entire term.

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That香蕉视频直播檚 not the word that Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, would use.

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Jamieson worries that the frenzied pace will exhaust people.

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Kate Berner, who worked on Biden香蕉视频直播檚 communications staff, said Trump香蕉视频直播檚 constant talking helps keep his adversaries off balance.

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But there香蕉视频直播檚 also a risk for Trump, Berner said. If he香蕉视频直播檚 not careful, she said, he could once again start 香蕉视频直播渨earing out his welcome with the American people.香蕉视频直播�

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Associated Press writer Will Weissert contributed to this report.

Chris Megerian, The Associated Press