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tblue37

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24. They should not have mislabeled it thus. I believe they mean time
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 09:57 AM
Feb 2017

Last edited Sat Feb 25, 2017, 10:30 AM - Edit history (1)

during what most would consider normal work hours, but what he is doing is often not real work, but merely ceremonial:

Much of Trump's work time fell into a few basic categories. The estimates below are based on pool reports. Most events were assumed to be an hour, unless the schedule made obvious that the length was shorter or longer. (Numbers below and on the chart above are rounded.)

Intelligence briefings: 6 hours
News conferences: 4 hours
Signing bills and executive orders: 6 hours
Phone calls and meetings with foreign leaders: 21 hours
Listening sessions with various groups: 14 hours


Trump spent 182 hours between call time and the lid with other events that were listed on his public calendar, though not every hour was accounted for during that time. Not captured in those categories are a few special events: the inauguration, the National Prayer Breakfast and the two hours his family spent watching “Finding Dory” in the White House theater. (His press secretary says that Trump didn’t join in.)

By labeling it "other work hours," they wrongly imply he was actually working.

EDITED to include explanation from the article about how that "other work time was actually spent. (Hint--mostly doing stuff we would not call actual work.)
This OP is just another distraction from Hillary's email server problems Submariner Feb 2017 #1
Kick.. can multitask Cha Feb 2017 #2
Every GD day I ask myself, am I overreacting? Am I being irrational? Turn CO Blue Feb 2017 #3
So Trump Spent Over Twice As Much Time DallasNE Feb 2017 #4
There need to be large handouts of these made and handed out ASAP DK504 Feb 2017 #6
"There's just so much to be done. So I don't think we'll be very big on vacations, no." dalton99a Feb 2017 #5
Lazy, crazy, orange assface. lark Feb 2017 #7
does this surprise any of us? I am just wondering what "other work time hours" actually means. niyad Feb 2017 #8
watching tv so he knows what's going on in the world? Since he doesn't read the intel reports KittyWampus Feb 2017 #12
They should not have mislabeled it thus. I believe they mean time tblue37 Feb 2017 #24
How Long Before We See this Wolf Frankula Feb 2017 #9
"'Tweeting' 13 hours" BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #10
Doing the peoples work huh???? bdamomma Feb 2017 #11
Wish they'd do one for Obama KittyWampus Feb 2017 #13
Before Prima Donnie, who would have thought you needed to compile one? JHB Feb 2017 #15
No Stamina uponit7771 Feb 2017 #14
A very low-energy individual ... (n/t) mr_lebowski Feb 2017 #16
Wait, so they expect us to believe he actually WORKED 248 hours in his first month? mr_lebowski Feb 2017 #17
See my post #24 above. nt tblue37 Feb 2017 #25
I edited my post #24 with info from the article about the kinds of ceremonial tblue37 Feb 2017 #26
To be fair, 240 hours should be deducted for sleep (8 hrs. x 30 days). tenorly Feb 2017 #18
True and zentrum Feb 2017 #19
I'm missing something. The hrs don't add up. Honeycombe8 Feb 2017 #20
Bigly Synecdoche Trope Feb 2017 #21
the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief owes us all yuuge tax refunds Achilleaze Feb 2017 #22
From Petri's ComPost blog, How dRumpf spent his CPAC speech time: Mc Mike Feb 2017 #23
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