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  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.
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?" >
  
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  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.