President Trump is starting his official day much later than he did in the early days of his presidency, often around 11am, and holding far fewer meetings, according to copies of his private schedule shown to Axios. This is largely to meet Trump’s demands for more “Executive Time,” which almost always means TV and Twitter time alone in the residence, officials tell us.
The schedules shown to me are different than the sanitized ones released to the media and public.
The schedule says Trump has “Executive Time” in the Oval Office every day from 8am to 11am, but the reality is he spends that time in his residence, watching TV, making phone calls and tweeting. Trump comes down for his first meeting of the day, which is often an intelligence briefing, at 11am.
That’s far later than George W. Bush, who typically arrived in the Oval by 6:45am. Obama worked out first thing in the morning and usually got into the Oval between 9 and 10am, according to a former senior aide.
Trump’s days in the Oval Office are relatively short – from around 11am to 6pm, then he’s back to the residence. During that time he usually has a meeting or two, but spends a good deal of time making phone calls and watching cable news in the dining room adjoining the Oval. Then he’s back to the residence for more phone calls and more TV. Take these random examples from this week’s real schedule:
– On Tuesday, Trump has his first meeting of the day with Chief of Staff John Kelly at 11am. He then has “Executive Time” for an hour followed by an hour lunch in the private dining room. Then it’s another 1 hour 15 minutes of “Executive Time” followed by a 45 minute meeting with National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster. Then another 15 minutes of “Executive Time” before Trump takes his last meeting of the day — a 3:45pm meeting with the head of Presidential Personnel Johnny DeStefano — before ending his official day at 4:15pm.
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Axios: Trump's schedule has been shrinking, and he often remains in the residence until 11 AMhttps://t.co/J0ZNzBvAw6
— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) January 7, 2018
Prediction: “Executive Time” will become a pop cultural buzzphrase/meme very rapidly. Lazy sitcom dads will demand “Executive Time” by the Spring. https://t.co/sZSdlXrlwk
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) January 7, 2018
#ExecutiveTime pic.twitter.com/ZXkAksar9J
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) January 8, 2018
Don’t need to be in the office too early or too late if you are doing nothing all day.
I keep hearing from his fans how hard Trump works, but I’ve seen little evidence of it. Other than sign a few executive orders (which others prepare) and some congressional legislation (which he doesn’t even read, let alone provide input), he does nothing really.
It’s interesting how much he is like Obama who did nothing but make speeches and travel all over on his never-ending campaign. Most conservatives and pseudo-conservatives complained about how Obama didn’t work, but Trump’s supporters (who were among those who complained the loudest) cover for their hero.
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