“One last question for an American journalist,” French President Emmanuel Macron said through an interpreter near the end of the session. Ignoring the directive, Trump pointed to a reporter from Phoenix TV, founded and led by the former editorial director of the Chinese government-controlled Central People's Broadcasting Station.

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Trump often favors right-leaning news outlets as he doles out questions, but outsourcing a coveted slot to China was a new strategy.

Here is a breakdown of how Trump has spread questions among conservative outlets, wire services, foreign media, mainstream outlets he brands “fake news” and all others during joint news conferences.

And here is a complete list of the news outlets and journalists Trump has called on:

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Jan. 27 with British Prime Minister Theresa May Reuters (Steve Holland)

Fox News (John Roberts) Feb. 10 with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe New York Post (Daniel Halper)

Fox Business (Blake Berman) Feb. 13 with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Sinclair Broadcasting Group's WJLA (Scott Thuman)

Daily Caller (Kaitlan Collins) Feb. 15 with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Christian Broadcasting (David Brody)

Townhall (Katie Pavlich) March 17 with German Chancellor Angela Merkel NBC (Mark Halperin)

Bloomberg (Kevin Cirilli) April 5 with King Abdullah II of Jordan Associated Press (Julie Pace)

PBS (John Yang) April 12 with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Reuters (Jeff Mason)

McClatchy (Anita Kumar) April 20 with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni Fox News (John Roberts)

The Hill (Jordan Fabian) May 18 with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos ABC News (Jonathan Karl)

New York Times (Peter Baker) June 9 with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis Washington Times (Dave Boyer)

ABC News (Jonathan Karl) July 6 with Polish Prime Minister Andrzej Duda Daily Mail (David Martosko)

NBC (Hallie Jackson) July 13 with French President Emmanuel Macron ABC (Cecilia Vega)

Phoenix TV of China (Yan Ming)

Keep in mind that categorizing media outlets is not a perfect science. The Daily Caller is strongly conservative, overall, but the particular journalist Trump called on at a Feb. 13 news conference, Kaitlan Collins, often asks tough questions during White House press briefings and recently joined CNN. Meanwhile, Trump refers to NBC as “fake news” but has a generally good rapport with Mark Halperin, whom other journalists sometimes accuse of lobbing softballs.

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After 11 joint news conferences, however, Trump's habit of seeking relatively gentle treatment is clear. He has not called on CNN, CBS, NPR or The Washington Post even once.

Trump has held only one full news conference as president, in February. He said he would hold another last month but never did.

Since the New York Times first reported on Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer, the president has given just one TV interview — to a non-journalist, the televangelist Pat Robertson, for Thursday's night's broadcast of “The 700 Club.”

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During an off-camera press briefing on Wednesday, Newsmax reporter John Gizzi asked deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders whether the president might grant more interviews or finally hold a news conference.

“He’s holding a press conference tomorrow while he’s in Paris,” Sanders replied.