And there always needs to be some balance for respecting some degree of privacy.
NO. Sorry, bub, but you are our fucking President-elect and you signed up for the gig. You have privacy in your home and in your temporary residence when you are traveling and not conducting our business. Beyond “privacy” you have some latitude to exclude the press on national security grounds, but we still get to know where you are and what (generally) you are doing at all times.
One of the <Rachel Maddow voice>teensy tiny itty bitty</RMV> threads of hope I still have is that all of “the establishment” - including the media - may quickly see that Trump Is Not Normal and will push back on his shenanigans. It was all fun and games during the campaign when Trump was never taken seriously, but now shit be gettin’ real, yo. Abandoning the protective press pool cannot ever become “normal” to the press. Twittering attacks at journalists can never become “normal”. Having the President’s son-in-law attend security briefings cannot ever become “normal”. A full-throated endorsement by the American Nazi Party cannot ever be “normal”!