He didn’t have them under control. He should never have answered any (loaded) question about anything that did not specifically relate to the virus. He let them drag him off onto entirely different topics.
That was my point.
The President can answer to ANY favorite topic, since nobody could understand the jigsaw-puzzle of words he “chose” to hear.
Pointing to a variety of journalists at one time starts a word-storm similar to sprinkling shredded crackers over a school of fish.