I agree that the Republicans do not have a well-oiled machine when it comes to the press, but I would disagree on the transparency issue. You know exactly what Trump is thinking. His cabinet members also have been very clear. I wouldn't pay much attention to the MSM though, they aren't reporting the good but do report on trivia and everything negative they can ind find. The President's trip to Saudi Arabia was huge, and unexpectedly successful, IMO, yet the  MSM  had to make up issues like the "curtsy", which never happened, but many pundits fell for it hook line and sinker, because it was such a contrast between the actions of the last President. The last administration had Marie Harf, Ben Rhodes, etc., Susan Rice and the rest. You believe they were transparent???? Lois Lerner pleads the 5th?, the dishonest ACA, Solyndra, the pipeline, the IRS, no job growth, the middle east on fire, the formation of ISIS, Libya, on and on. They "slow walked" records on all those issues. No comparison