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  Some other things he didn't know:
  How voting works.
  How taxes work.
  How personal relationships work.
  How democracy works.
  How workers work so they can make money...
context: And then the man who claimed to be "the most transparent administration ever" had the schedule changed to just say "meetings and phone calls" with no specifics. >
  
  ...directly before an attempted coup in his name, if the article is to be believed.
  How much do you want to bet that someone directly implicated on Jan. 6th told him "make sure so-and-so meeting doesn't end up on your public schedule", and his response was "what public schedule?" >
  
  record scratch >
  
  Looking at his schedule was a joke and he put in about 3 hours per day. He spent a lot of time golfing and watching TV and he would fly home about 11 AM every Friday. He actually thought that the government ran itself and that being president was just a status symbol. >
  
  He treated it like he treated his companies. The Trump organization ran itself (thanks to the staff that actually showed up and worked) and he just did the fun stuff. 
  Why would being president be any different as far as he was concerned? >
  
  That’s what “running the country like a business” meant >
  
  Clock out at 11a on Friday, get back to the office at 1p on Monday. “Anything happen over the weekend, guys?” DJT, probably. >
  
  Actually he would clock in around 11am each day, because he would literally spend hours every morning sitting in his dark bedroom watching Fox News before he poked his head outside to the real world.  I wish I was exaggerating. >
  
  I think we are forgetting how much time he spent on Twitter, and him thinking he was leading by tweeting.
  And now we have leaders, many in South America, who think being president means leading via Twitter. There was a recent news article about a SA president who is almost unreachable... except via Twitter. >
  
  And of course it wasn't always him tweeting from his account. He had others who would post under it as him. Which means it something was horrible, he could always deny it was him. If it resonated, then clearly it was him.. right?
  The joke isn't that this guy existed and was President. It's that an entire party (and voter base) stood behind him and said it's totally fake news because he shared their team colors (R). It's a playbook for all future aspiring leaders. >
  
  I keep checking when I tell myself or others "what a joke," because none of this is actually funny or humorous and places the fate of the US at risk.
  I agree with you, though, I don't consider the GOP or its minions funny. >
  
  He STILL has no idea what the job entails.
  He spent the vast majority of his time golfing and courting bribes from foreign dictators.
  He also routinely spent entire days binge watching Fox News and setting Guinness world records for toilet rage tweeting. >
  
  It's almost like his whole campaign was just a scam to get "donations" and he never actually wanted to be President. >
  
  This is what it started as. Once he was matched up vs Hillary, he knew he had to win. 
  I still don’t think he ever wanted the job. He just wanted to win the election. >
  
  I don't think he actually wanted to win even after getting matched up with Hillary. His real "plan" was to lose and spend the next 4 years grifting off the "totally unfair stolen election." He'd have gone on FOX and other stations (or even form his own) where he could criticize President Hillary Clinton's latest action and claim (without any details) that he could have done so much better. 
  Of course, once he got a taste of the power of the presidency, he wanted to keep it. Especially because it gave him a shield against lawsuits. However, on election night in 2016 I'm convinced that he was upset that he was winning. >
  
  
  However, on election night in 2016 I'm convinced that he was upset that he was winning.
  
  He looked upset and confused(more than usual). Melania looked pissed. >
  
  Yeah Melania definitely didn't want it although there's rumours she used it to negotiate a better prenup. >
  
  "I don't really care. Do you?"
  Also that weird xmas phone call about the work of decorating being a hastle. She was a complete hater. >
  
  She’s just as ruthless as him.  Jan 4 her aide spoke to her asking her to intervene.  She said no. >
  
  
  She’s just as ruthless as him.  Jan 4 her aide spoke to her asking her to intervene.  She said no.
  
  It was infuriating to see the media twist themselves in knots to try and create the image of the "demure damsel" somehow under the sway of the Evil Lord Trump. They spent so much time trying to pretend like they couldn't see that she was just as spiteful, mean, and selfish as Trump himself. >
  
  February 14, 2022 Melania Trump Denies Fundraising at a 'High Tea' for a Charity That Doesn't Exist >
  
  I couldn't find the article but during his first 100 days (when most presidents are at their most productive) he went golfing more than Obama, Bush, and Clinton had been combined. 
  Then a poll came out that his supporters believed with certainty that Obama had golfed far more than Trump had. 
  This is why this country is broken, it doesn't matter what a conservative does, their supporters will automatically think that it is the liberals doing it and that their side is perfect. With Fox there's no motivation for them to seek alternative viewpoints instead they love living in their bubble where they are told that they are right. 
  This is why many conservatives I know  think that Portland is a wasteland, that they will get shot if they enter Chicago. Conservatives move to the suburbs for safety but then get even more paranoid about everything. >
  
  I recall reading that he thought he could handle it like a business executive: Delegate to key folks, hold a status meeting, and golf in between. 
  90 days or so into his term, he started to realize that there’s work involved. 
  He still didn’t do it. >
  
  That really is what most of the job should be, however there are two problems.
  
  There are so many things to delegate that just delegating tasks is a full time job not counting other tasks. 
  He is a terrible business executive too. >
  
  Have we ever had a more incompetent and clueless POS in that office? It really is a wonder we didn't have a major disaster... oh wait, we did. But luckily, we all injected bleach and came out of it just fine! >
  
  It’s so weird that the obvious worst President at actually being a president has like any fans let alone a fucking whole lot. It’s bizarre on an animalistic level that scares me still. >
  
  It's easy to understand. Do children love the strict teacher that does the job well, or the idiot sub who lets them do whatever they want all day? They got a taste of the sub and now they want the VCR cart out every fucking day. >
  
  No wonder those years elicited feelings of stressful school flashbacks... >
  
  It was School Bully day. For four years. >
  
  Jfc that's accurate. >
  
  His intelligence level prevents him from understanding the presidency. I hope he understands what prison is because that will probably be his new home. Hopefully. >
  
  I can’t remember which book mentions it but this was the regression of his President’s Daily Brief (PDB):
  • First few weeks of presidency: normal binder, text heavy (the way it was usually presented to past POTUSs) with detailed reports from around the world. The PDB runs roughly an hour.
  • a few months later: binder, but with bullet-pointed reports, more graphics, someone from CIA has to come over and talk thru the big points. PDB lasts 40-60 minutes.
  • a year later: no longer a binder, mostly print outs, photo-heavy, graphs removed, peppered with friendly news reports about his administration to keep him interested. Trump is largely argumentative and disruptive during the briefs. CIA official replaced because she was “mean” during her briefings. PDB is now 10-20 minutes.
  • by the mid terms of his single term, Trump skips most PDBs. The ones he does manage to sit thru, he sidetracks them with personal stories and grievances. No one from DoS is present. He’s being fed most foreign policy info from cable news. >
  
  Yep. And in contrast, when Obama received his first briefing -- which was 2-3 pages long -- he returned it with a note saying, 'Where's the rest of it?' He wanted longer, more detailed, comprehensive briefs that gave him all the facts. >
  
  
  when Obama received his first briefing -- which was 2-3 pages long 
  
  Doesn't that imply Bush also had short PDBs and the longer version wasn't the "normal" one, but Obama's? >
  
  I’m no Bush fan, but he seems like the type to verbally discuss the points in the brief rather than read through them independently first. >
  
  I honestly assume every president has a different style for their briefs.
  I also assume every president other than Trump actually attended their briefs. >
  
  
  I also assume every president other than Trump actually attended their briefs.
  
  The only briefing he preferred were Depends. >
  
  What Trump doesn’t know would fill the Library of Congress. >
  
  And it does! >
  
  Its hilarious that the NYPost, a trash rag that constantly lied for Trump, had turned on him just because they think he's no longer electable >
  
  Still absolutely baffles me that people voted for this man. This is exactly why I feel people should have a job in a form of office (congress, governor, something) before they become the president. >
  
  My buddy said to me "You're really gonna beat a dead horse like that? Just shame ppl for voting for who they thought was the best?"
  Dude. I can't even fathom how you thought a REALITY TV CELEBRITY WHO WAS BANKRUPT 5 TIMES could lead a country. 
  "at the time I thought he was the best candidate" 
  No. You're either stupid or completely checked out of politics and refused to ignore evidence >
  
  Aka "he wasn't Hillary Clinton" and "he said the things out loud I'm only allowed to say in my head". >
  
  Man I really didn't want to vote Clinton because I hate political dynasties (sorry, Kennedy) but it wasn't a hard choice
  I was in high school when The Apprentice was on the air and for some reason we watched an episode every Friday in one of my "work studies" classes. It's edited in a way to make him look good, of course, but even then we all knew this dude sucked at both business and humanity. 
  Trump fanboys are less intelligent than stupid and confused high schoolers. If we're gonna run the country like a business, could you at least elect someone with a good track record?? 
  SBF and Madoff 2024! >
  
  Holy shit. I was a really little kid when that election happened and remember Ross Perot being very popular, but I didn’t realize he got basically 1 out of every 5 votes. Wow. I thought he got under 10% and maybe more like 5%. >
  
  I’d love for an interviewer to ask him how a bill becomes a law. You think he knows after four years as president? I’d bet my life that he didn’t know on his first day. >
  
  Meanwhile, 99% of GenX can tell you because we watched Schoolhouse Rock. >
  
  I’m just a Bill…on Capitol Hill🎶 >
  
  Sorry, Bill quit after January 6. >
  
  I thought his "executive time" thing was specifically to get around the fact those schedules are public? Was that just his staff's doing? Is NYPost still full of shit >
  
  His “executive time” was mostly him watching tv >
  
  Also tweeting but I thought they started listing it as a ruse because so much of his schedule was blank >
  
  That correct. Trump didn't fill his schedule like most Presidents do, so he would routinely have chunks of time during the day they would label "executive time" just to fill up the schedule. The Administration reported this was "free time" for Trump to meet with and do whatever he wanted, and in actuality the time was used to watch TV, Tweet, and review personal matters. >
  
  
  and ~~review personal matters~~ sell classified information 
  
  FTFY >
  
  In his defense, he’s really fucking stupid >
  
  It still angers me that so many people thought this man was the best they could do.  It says alot about tens of millions of Americans that a child-raping, money-laundering, fraud with a mental illness was the one they chose - as the one man who represented their values and should be their best face forward to the world.  Stunning stupidity if it truly was just to "own the libs" and about "winning".  I'll never forgive Republicans for protecting and defending him for years... and I'll never vote for another Republican again as long as I live. >
  
  
  It still angers me that so many people thought this man was the best they could do. 
  
  It saddens me that many still think that.