FROM NY POST: President Trump has been working up to 12-hour days this month, according to non-public official logs the White House provided to The Post after the New York Times claimed there were “signs of fatigue” in his less detailed public schedule.
The previously unpublished “private narrative” documents span 10 weekdays between Nov. 12 and Nov 25 — the day the Times story was published — and show the president worked roughly 50-hour weeks, not counting any official duties that may have been performed on weekends.
The White House made the rare decision to share the logs to counter the narrative that Trump, 79, is slowing with age — with the files instead showing him working longer hours than the average American as he overhauls trade and immigration policies, attempts to end the Russia-Ukraine war and spearheads the most significant construction at the White House in decades.
The files also do not list unsolicited cellphone calls that he’s known to answer early in the morning and late into the night or his after-hours social media posts
The Times’ article on Trump’s schedule was titled, “Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office.”
“According to a Times analysis of the official presidential schedules in a database maintained by Roll Call, Mr. Trump’s first official event starts later in the day. In 2017, the first year of his first term, Mr. Trump’s scheduled events started at 10:31 a.m. on average,” the article says. “By contrast, Mr. Trump in his second term has started scheduled events in the afternoon on average, at 12:08 p.m. His events end on average at around the same time as they did during the first year of his first term, shortly after 5 p.m.”
The Times also claimed, “Trump still regularly comes down to the Oval Office after 11 a.m., according to a person familiar with his schedule.” (The 10 work days covered by the release reflect West Wing meetings that begin before 11 a.m. on seven of the days — all after 10:12 a.m.).”
According to the Post, the article was based on his public schedule, not the logs kept by staffers in the “Outer Oval” or the unsolicited cellphone calls he takes at all hours.
In one actual example of a day, reported by the Post, our president started the day at 10:30 a.m. and ended it with a meeting that began at 10:40 p.m.
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