Smoke and mirrors, get sth off your chest

President Has a Few Things He’d Like to Get Off His Chest

By PETER BAKER and EILEEN SULLIVAN

President Trump delivered a blizzard of Tweets, gave an interview to his preferred Fox News show and engaged in a freewheeling encounter with reporters on the White House driveway.

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Smoke and mirrors is a metaphor for a deceptive, fraudulent or insubstantial explanation or description. The source of the name is based on magicians' illusions, where magicians make objects appear or disappear by extending or retracting mirrors amid a confusing burst of smoke. The expression may have a connotation of virtuosity or cleverness in carrying out such a deception.

get sth off your chest Meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/get-sth-off-your-chest

C2 to tell someone about something that has been worrying you or making you feel guilty for a long time: I had spent two months worrying about it and I was glad to get it off my chest. ... 傾吐（心中的煩惱）, 將…一吐為快….