Trump watches up to eight hours of TV per day: report

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

President Trump spends at least four hours a day watching television, according to a new report.

People close to Trump tell The New York Times that Trump spends at least that much time in front of a TV each day, and sometimes spends as many as eight hours watching TV.

The Times reports that Trump begins each day around 5:30 a.m. by turning on CNN before quickly flipping to Fox News’ Fox & Friends. He occasionally watches MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” because it works him up, Trump’s friends tell The Times.

Trump’s favorite programs include Fox & Friends as well as Fox News primetime shows from Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Jeanine Pirro. Trump sometimes “hate-watches” CNN host Don Lemon, according to the report.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/364094-trump-watches-at-least-four-hours-of-tv-per-day-report?__twitter_impression=true

[dalton99a]

1. That's what presidents do

[maddiemom]

17. Is that a DIET Coke can?

[dalton99a]

19. Yes, the president is pretty health conscious and watches his calories

They forgot the KFC bucket

[PatSeg]

23. The KFC was for dinner

This is his first evening snack!

[joshdawg]

42. He apparently likes fake news, but

every so often he switches to the real news at MSNBC and CNN.

[Ligyron]

2. Program producers at Fox spend 24 hrs a day writing material to direct Trump's thinking.

We know where he gets his act from, don't we?

[FakeNoose]

28. Well he's not really "watching" anything, except maybe Hannity

It's all background noise because he doesn't really listen to anything.
He's got the attention span of a 5 year old, or so I hear.

[mopinko]

55. wouldnt it be great if someone

did that gif w the 'dont touch the butt' pic?

[orleans]

56. omg! that would be hysterical!!! n/t

[orleans]

57. found the thread from 2008

https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=7950254

[Plucketeer]

3. There's NOTHING

about Trump that would cause me to shake my head in disgust anymore.

[underpants]

4. That's no way to run a railroad

and it shows.

[onetexan]

11. train was already off its tracks when it started

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. Powered by loco motives. nt

[7962]

15. haaaaaaaa!

[hay rick]

20. LOL

[Willie Pep]

5. Trump sounds like my uncle.

My uncle watches Fox News almost all day and then calls me to yell about the damn liberals. He won't even leave the house anymore other than to see his doctor.

[Botany]

6. As said before on DU ....

.... when you watch 8 hours a day of TV and golf 3 times a week that is
what is called being retired.

[dalton99a]

7. In Trumpworld it's called working very, very hard

for the little guy

[Botany]

10. When you get your info from Brian Kilmeade you are screwed

https://www.salon.com/2015/07/21/the_8_stupidest_things_fox_news_brian_kilmeade_has_ever_said_live_on_national_television/

"We keep marrying other species and other ethnics"
Though former co-host Gretchen Carlson struggled mightily to stop him, Kilmeade said the reason that married people in Finland and Sweden aren't as likely to suffer from Alzheimer's is because Americans "keep marrying other species and ethnics. Swedes have pure genes, because they marry other Swedes. Finns marry other Finns, so they have a pure society. In America, we marry everybody -- we marry Italians and Irish.

[dalton99a]

14. Yep, we have idiot talking to idiot

That SNL skit is priceless!

[Scarsdale]

53. Using that logic

explains what went wrong with Donnie Two Scoops. His pimp, brothel operating grandpa married a Scottish woman. How did HE make it into the US with a history such as his? Changed family name from Drumpf to tRump.

[getagrip_already]

9. you are giving retirement a bad name...

a great many retirees work long hours in volunteer, charity, or civic projects. they travel, exercise, and stay active. Many work multiple part time jobs because they can't pay their bills.

Trump isn't retired. He is a leach. A welfare queen of the highest order. In fact, when entitlement reform comes around, they will belittle people who work harder than trump!

[SWBTATTReg]

43. good post

[ProudLib72]

8. Faux Nooze reports

"That's some presidential TV watching right there folks!"

[no_hypocrisy]

13. I know it's true, oh so true, 'cause I saw it on Tee Veeeeeeeeee . . . . .

[Yonnie3]

16. I didn't believe the headline because ...

45 just doesn't have the attention span to do anything for eight hours. Then I read this article that said he flips around and another that says he mutes it on occasion, which makes it much more believable.

"SAD" isn't it, his obsession with all things related to himself.

[unblock]

22. Many people have the tv on in the background

For some it’s more background than others.

Donnie strikes me as the kind of guy who always has foxnews on, even during meetings.

[Yonnie3]

24. The "watches" was what I wasn't believing.

I agree on your assessment of Little Donnie Two Scoops. Glancing at chyrons, or watching for an image of himself isn't really watching in my book.

He'll be monitoring TV this afternoon. It's in the low 60s, rain showers, and windy in West Palm Beach this afternoon. Not golfing weather. It's tough being pResident!

[unblock]

40. Well he does get his talking points and policy initiatives there too

Along with the official poutrages

[left-of-center2012]

18. I've read in the past ...

He sits alone,
wearing just his bathrobe,
watching TV,
and snacking.

Alone with his thoughts.

Not interacting with his wife Melania, and son Barron.

[RobinA]

58. Alone With His Thoughts...

Now THERE’S a frightening thought.

[Auggie]

21. So did my Dad. But he was retired.

[ffr]

25. Absolutely false.

He's no different than any other Fox News watcher. He watches 8+ hours of propaganda, not TV. The TV remains on 20 hours a day whether someone is watching it or not, the messages get drilled into the listener's head subliminally.

If he was just watching TV for that many hours, he'd still be somewhat normal in the head.

[spooky3]

26. Great. He needs to tune in to MSNBC--Velshi & Ruhle, Ari, Chris, Rachel, and Lawrence at least.

[FakeNoose]

30. Hah - then he'd REALLY blow a gasket

He'd be throwing things at the TV and screaming in no time.
Maybe somebody should prgram his TV to MSNBC and "lose" the remote for him.
That would be awesome!

[spooky3]

33. Ha! And on weekends, Joy would surely welcome his viewing.

He'd learn a lot.

[demmiblue]

27. BTW, the original article is really worth the read, and the ending perfect:

From there it is off to bed for what usually amounts to five or six hours of sleep. Then the television will be blaring again, he will reach for his iPhone and the battle will begin anew.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/09/us/politics/donald-trump-president.html?_r=0

[dalton99a]

34. +1. The NYT account is highly illuminating

[Ccarmona]

29. No Wonder Hes Slurring His Words

His mind has turned to mush from absorbing propaganda eight hours a day.

[Ferrets are Cool]

31. 8 hours a day of "All This and Rabbit Stew"? Wouldn't that

get old, even for a 6 yr old?

[DavidDvorkin]

32. Maybe that's a good thing

Things would probably be even worse if he were on duty more of the time.

[Irish_Dem]

35. Sounds like his minders just park him in front of a TV set all day. nt

[DeminPennswoods]

38. Well, that's what they do in many assisted

living and nursing homes between transport to/from meals.

[Irish_Dem]

47. Exactly. They are treating him like a resident in a Nursing Home.

Except this resident can blow up the world.

[Xipe Totec]

36. No Kidd'n

[DeminPennswoods]

37. If he'd spend as much time watching

Sesame Street instead, he might learn something.

[dalton99a]

39. +1

[Calista241]

41. I just dont think that possible.

I mean, just his time on the golf course would limit that.

[ClusterFreak]

44. Only 8 hours?

Seems a little conservative. All I'm sayin'.

[diva77]

45. Well, then, that could be the reason for his slurred speech, according to this:

Yes, sitting too long can kill you, even if you exercise
By Susan Scutti, CNN
Updated 3:57 PM ET, Tue September 12, 2017

(CNN)Take a movement break every 30 minutes, say experts. No matter how much you exercise, sitting for excessively long periods of time is a risk factor for early death, a new study published Monday in Annals of Internal Medicine found.
There's a direct relationship between time spent sitting and your risk of early mortality of any cause, researchers said, based on a study of nearly 8,000 adults. As your total sitting time increases, so does your risk of an early death.
The positive news: People who sat for less than 30 minutes at a time had the lowest risk of early death.

snip

[lunasun]

46. Hope it's true. Sedentary lifestyle and McDs with two scoops hell yeah!

[EarthFirst]

48. I dont imagine after the McDonalds consumption hes accustomed to...

That many would be motivated to do much more than watch television...

[flibbitygiblets]

49. If only he spent EIGHTEEN hours a day watching the teevee.

Then he'd have no time for hate speech, pussy-grabbing and lining his pockets with our money.

[Rocky888]

50. All his morning classified intel briefings

Have to be made into a video, because he refuses to read anything. He even makes John Kelly read the daily directives Putin sends him.

[Soxfan58]

51. Congratulations Don Lemon

You Rock

[Norbert]

52. More hours than I watch in a week.

[harun]

54. No wonder he is mentally ill