9 hours of 'Executive Time': Trump's unstructured days define his presidency

[DonViejo]

The president’s schedule shows huge swaths of his day unplanned, allowing his whims and momentary interests to drive White House business.

By ELIANA JOHNSON and DANIEL LIPPMAN 10/29/2018 05:01 AM EDT

President Donald Trump had about three times as much free time planned for last Tuesday as work time, according to his private schedule. The president was slated for more than nine hours of “Executive Time,” a euphemism for the unstructured time Trump spends tweeting, phoning friends and watching television. Official meetings, policy briefings and public appearances — traditionally the daily work of being president — consumed just over three hours of his day.

The president was slated to spend 30 minutes on the phone with CEOs and make brief remarks at a state leadership conference. He was briefed by senior military leaders in the evening and joined them for dinner. Apart from an 11:30 a.m. meeting with White House chief of staff John Kelly — his first commitment of the day — the rest of his day consisted of open time, some in blocks as long as 2 hours and 45 minutes.

A review of a week’s worth of the president’s private detailed schedules, from Monday Oct. 22 through Friday Oct. 26, showed that the president enjoyed more free time on Tuesday than on any other day that week, but Tuesday’s agenda was hardly atypical. And while the notion of Executive Time, and the president’s increasingly late start to the day, has come under scrutiny over the last year, this new batch of schedules obtained by POLITICO offers fresh insight into the extent to which that unscheduled time dominates Trump’s week and is shaping his presidency, allowing his whims and momentary interests to drive White House business.

“The president’s time is in many ways his most valuable commodity because it’s finite,” said Mack McLarty, who served as chief of staff for President Bill Clinton’s first year in office. “It reflects his priorities. It reflects what he’s trying to get done with the country.”

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[GoCubsGo]

1. It's probably for the best.

For someone who barely lifts a finger to work, motherfucker has sure caused a lot of damage in the little time he does do his job. I shudder to imagine what things would be like if he regularly put in a full day's work.

[violetpastille]

2. Yeah, I agree. Further:

I want him to eat more and shittier food. Corn Syrup and Transfat sandwiches at every meal.

Work less. Fuck it. Work none.

Tweet more incoherently. Constantly.

Up his time in the tanning booth. Spend hours a day soaking up those UV rays.

More clownish hair and makeup. More! More! More!

Just put the pedal to the floor on all that, Trump. Show us what you got.

[MyOwnPeace]

3. "I won't

have time for golf - I’ll be SO busy..”

Yet another lie!

[dalton99a]

4. .