2/2/19: Considering all the bad news for Trump, there’s a snippet of good. At least that’s the official line from the White House. This news was delivered by an aide who wished to remain anonymous, probably because he or she didn’t want to be laughed out of the nation’s capital before lunch.
We were
informed that the president’s beautiful
orange glow is not really the result of makeup or tanning. It’s just
“good genes.”
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A healthy orange glow. |
2/3/19: Clearly, someone on the White House staff wants to embarrass President Twitter Thumbs. A summary of his daily schedules, November 7 through February 1, is released.
What we learn from an insider’s view is that Mr. Trump arrives for work late, leaves early, tweets a great deal (we knew that), and has ample playtime during which he is free to amuse himself. In this nearly three-month period, his schedule shows 297 hours and 15 minutes of “Executive Time,” where he can do whatever he likes. He spends 77 hours, 5 minutes in meetings. (At least half that time is no doubt devoted to bragging about himself.) He has 39 hours for lunch, and 38 hours, 20 minutes of scheduled events. This would include his six-minute dash to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, just down the road from the White House, to “honor” Dr. King.
One
African American critic described that visit as so meaningless, that it would
have been just as well if Trump had thrown the wreath that he left out the
window of his limousine as he sped past. (See:
1/21/19.)
Chris Whipple, who wrote the book The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency, once said that “the most important asset in any presidency is the president’s time.”
Now we know.
Trump diddles away most of his days.
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