President Trump promised a 'big press conference.' Here's what happened.

President Donald Trump evidently doesn't know the definition of "press conference." Aug 11, after two days of unusual engagement with the White House press corps, President Trump promised to hold a "pretty big press conference" at the White House on Aug 14. But the White House didn't set up any press conference. Instead, he gave a hastily-arranged speech without answering any questions. When he came before cameras a second time Aug 14, and CNN's Jim Acosta, who was in the room serving as pool reporter, asked about the lack of a presser, President Trump said, "We had a press conference. We just had a press conference." President Trump's declaration that "we had a press conference" seemed to confirm what some White House correspondents already surmised -- that Trump is counting any appearance in front of the press corps as a press conference.