Trump's "Wizard of Oz" moment.

Trump appeared "live" during a press briefing, but instead of walking 50 feet to the press room, he was a looming head on a video monitor.

We can chuckle about "Big Brother" and snark about how the press doesn't like him and he doesn't want to answer questions so he wants to keep his distance. But I think the purpose of this was more serious and disturbing.

If you watch, he's reading a prepared statement. At one moment he rattles off a pretty long list of companies who are giving bonuses due to his tax bill. He actually gets through it really fast. Before this there is a cut and the angle changes.

Why on earth would they use two cameras and have multi-angles in what's basically intended as a still face-shot like you see on the news all the time?

The reason? Trump was not speaking live. Actually, that's not a secret, but the reason they pre-recorded and edited this is because he was incapable of getting through the entire text of his remarks in one pass. He's not a public speaker, and he, the "President of the United States" is incapable of giving a short speech nor can't be bothered to do so in person, despite him taking the most leisure time of any elected President in history. He's not doing the job. He is getting to the point where they have to invent ways to make it appear he is doing the job.

http://time.com/5088617/donald-trump-press-conference-video/