Why does Trump have so much unfettered free time available?

[procon]

He's always on TV, chatting it up with all these small special interest groups that would probably be relegated to a brief meeting with lower level staff, if seen at all, in any other administration. Past presidents have always operated in the stratosphere, far removed from routine business, they were dealing with major national problems and international crises. I remember Obama frequently mentioned the enormous amount of time he spent engaged in reviewing the complex information available only to him.

Not Trump, he's staging photo ops, schmoozing with wellwishers, hobnobbing with fellow billionaires, glad handing his fawning sycophants, campaigning against the Democrats, attacking the judicial system, bashing protesters and targeting his opponents as "enemies". He seems to have plenty of spare time to peruse interior decorating catalogs, binge watch TV, and bully his incompetent staff. When does he do any of the weighty, presidential work we saw from Obama? Does Trump do anything that could be termed presidential, is he engaged in the difficult work that come with the office he now holds, or are those tasks now channelled through Pence, Bannon, and whatever unfortunate staffer that is within shouting distance?

[bravenak]

1. No reading. Every other President had to read shit, even W. This asshole cant fucking read.

[guillaumeb]

27. He cannot even read his poll numbers. eom

[bravenak]

28. Plus, he's crazy

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Because his peons will do all the grunt work.

And he'll sit back and take in the public's adulation.

[dhol82]

3. Don't worry, Bannon is on the job!

[tanyev]

4. He's a statesman in the Palinesque tradition.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. Didn't he basically promise Pence

that he would essentially be a real "co-President" and handle a lot of stuff? I guess that between Pence and Bannon, a lot of things are already covered.

[MrPurple]

9. When he offered Kasich the job, they told him

that Kasich could handle all foreign policy and all domestic policy

[Proud Liberal Dem]

12. Not certain but it's a good bet

that he made the same offer to Pence (and he obviously took it).

[lapfog_1]

6. a few things

1. he doesn't sleep

- possibly as one of the many side effects of Propecia
- he is over 70... and apparently watches a lot of TV, both of which lead to sleeplessness
- he is likely impotent (another side effect of Propecia)

2. He doesn't seem to be able to read

3. Bannon and Pence seem to handle most decision-making duties at the West Wing

4. He really has no interest in actually being President.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

14. Is Propecia (Finesteride?) actually that bad?

I was actually seriously considering using it as part of my transitioning to help fill out the head on my hair (Male-to-Female). Maybe I ought to be re-thinking it???? :-

[kimbutgar]

19. Get a good wig.

It's not worth taking a dangerous medication.

You can get a wig that looks so real no one knows it is one.

[Lucinda]

7. He's just the cheerleader of the Admin. Others are doing the work while he

fakes his way through the day as POTUS to "Make America Great Again"

[MineralMan]

8. Trump simply doesn't know what a President of a nation does.

Truly, he doesn't. He thinks that all he has to do is issue an Executive Order now and then and he's good. He doesn't realize that Presidents are constantly in meetings with people, working on advancing projects and handling problems.

The problem is that he has absolutely nobody on his West Wing staff that has a clue about White House operations and schedules. Nobody has told him he needs to be working on stuff, so he doesn't work on stuff.

He's not preparing a budget proposal. He's not scheduling diplomatic visits. He's not planning upcoming events that need the President's attention.

He's not arranging for legislative liason meetings or anything like that.

Basically, he has no real plans for the daily responsibilities of a President. He thinks his is a part-time job, dealing with a few issues, and doesn't realize that he is supposed to be thinking strategically on all sorts of things.

What he doesn't know will hurt us all.

[wordpix]

13. only one way out: impeach

and then we work on getting Dense out

[procon]

16. Yes, I'm pretty much thinking along these same lines, too.

What deeply worries me is that for everything he's not doing, for everything he isn't aware of, he will shortly reach the tipping point where it will be impossible for him to ever catch up. Every day his lack of understanding and the depth of missed knowledge continues to grow, and these are the at the core of what any leader needs to act responsibly in a moment of crisis. That time is coming, and as thin skinned, hotheaded, incompetent and recklessly impulsive as Trump is, the consequences will be unimaginable.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

18. Speaking of his EOs

Have the right-wingers whom used to hit the fainting coaches whenever President Obama occasionally issued an EO went into total cardiac arrest yet? Do the Republicans in Congress feel irrelevant yet? This was supposed to be their show and Trump is just kicking back at his desk and issuing EOs like he's King or Putin or something?

[Luz]

23. +1

[jmowreader]

10. We used to say Shrub was a "CEO president." Trump is one.

He is delegating everything and just signing whatever he's handed - which is how Steve Bannon got on the NSC and how Oliver North started a whole war without Reagan noticing.

Since no one's actually done anything yet - installing the monsters in Trump's cabinet took time - Trump has had plenty of time to go on TV.

[get the red out]

11. Makes me mad

Remember Rs going off about President Obama playing golf?

[VOX]

15. He said his job would be "making America great again," which means: jack shit.

I recall seeing a video clip where Trump boasted about how he'll surround himself with the "best people, blah blah." When asked what he'd be doing, specifically, he said "I'll be busy making America great again." (That's pretty close to verbatim.)

So his loafing, posing, schmoozing and occasional ranting, all on the taxpayer dollar, comes as no surprise.

[mercuryblues]

17. Because Obama

left him in a position where he did not need to save the economy and other countries respected us. Ding ass is going to undo everything Obama did for this country. It is a lot easier to tear things down than it is to build them up.

Now, for you listening pleasure:

[spiderpig]

20. He says he doesn't sleep.

Maybe he should try it sometime.

[IronLionZion]

21. He doesn't spend much time on policy or governance

or even meeting with foreign leaders or much of anything a president would do.

[greytdemocrat]

22. Trump isn't President.

[LonePirate]

24. It's easy to have so much free time when you skip out on doing your job.

He never wanted to do the work of a president. He simply wanted the title and legions of people fawning over him.

[Bettie]

25. Well, because he's not actually the president

Bannon is.

So, Bannon is busy doing all the "presidenting" and Twittler just lounges around screaming at people and inanimate objects.

[BigDemVoter]

26. Because he's a loud-mouthed, lazy-ass, do nothing, know nothing, rancid

piece of SHIT!

Ugh. I can honestly say that I have NEVER loathed ANYBODY with the intensity that I loathe Pussy Grabber. The only people who might come close would be Congressional Republicans. I loathe them ALL.

[RKP5637]

29. Because he has no F'en idea what he's supposed to be doing, so he sits on his fat ass and twitters.

[Maru Kitteh]

30. Because he's UNEMPLOYED.

Full stop.

[yurbud]

31. he thought he was running for prom king