President Trump’s press secretary invited social media influencers and content creators to sit with the traditional press corps.

In her first press briefing, Leavitt started with a question from an Axios journalist and made several criticisms of the media.

The White House has received more than 7,000 applications for press passes after press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday that the West Wing would open the briefing room up to members of

That has left Trump more emboldened than ever — and with a long to-do list. He’s launched into a frenetic pace of appearances that is a dramatic departure from his predecessor, Joe Biden, who often faded from public view by his own staff’s design.

The addition is a more modest overhaul by the Trump administration than many longtime members of the White House press corps feared.

The White House is rolling out a new policy allowing opportunities for so-called “new media” outlets and content creators to ask questions during press briefings. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the move during her first briefing on Tuesday,

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump would open the briefing room to bloggers, podcasters and social-media influencers.