Trump Holds Forth on Vaccines, the Media and Drones

President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Monday that he was skeptical of mandatory vaccines for schools, threatened more lawsuits against media companies and accused the Biden administration of hiding the truth about recent drone sightings during his first wide-ranging news conference since the election.

Speaking from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Mr. Trump announced a $100 billion investment from SoftBank, a Japanese technology company, then held forth for more than an hour, jumping from one topic to another in an hourlong back-and-forth with reporters.

At one point, Mr. Trump suggested that he was being treated better as he enters his second term, this time with more of the Republican Party firmly under his dominance.

“The first term, everybody was fighting me,” Mr. Trump said. “In this term, everybody wants to be my friend. I don’t know — my personality changed or something.”

The news conference touched on a range of topics and provided a glimpse into Mr. Trump’s priorities as he prepares to take office again next month.

Drones

Mr. Trump, without citing evidence, accused the Biden administration of withholding information about an increasing number of mysterious drone sightings in the Northeast.