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Trump reportedly doesn't have time to get lunch. He might if he quit the self-praise
If Trump quit the self-compliments altogether, he might even have time to start taking naps
Poppy Noor
@PoppyNoor
Mon 27 Apr 2020 15.27 EDTLast modified on Mon 27 Apr 2020 15.34 EDT
On Friday, the New York Times accused Donald Trump of spending time eating fries and watching TV during the pandemic, sometimes not arriving at the Oval Office until noon. As a response, multiple White House officials were rolled out to confirm Trump was working non-stop, so much so that the president sometimes misses his lunch.
Lets make clear that this is not meant to cast shade on lunch-takers. Quite the contrary: taking lunch is as much a measure of how hard one works as a mans shoe size is a measure of how big his ego is.
But Trumps proof of his hard work is a bit surprising. Almost a third of US workers dont get to take a lunch break and those are just ordinary people, the ones who homeschool their children while working from home if theyre lucky enough to have a paycheck, with a salary to reflect that.
Unfortunately for Trump, his routine pales in comparison to other famous leaders schedules. Margaret Thatcher was memorably said to have slept just four hours a night, while George W Bush reportedly arrived at the White House at 6.45am. Winston Churchill reportedly did a day and a halfs work in 24 hours during the second world war, but littered among his working day were multiple naps, cocktails, board games and a few decadent meals. If his diary proves anything, its that productive people can take a lunch break and still manage to get things done.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/27/trump-no-time-to-get-lunch
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Trump reportedly doesn't have time to get lunch. He might if he quit the self-praise (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Apr 2020
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)1. He doesn't look like he misses many lunches.
onecaliberal
(32,826 posts)2. Not fat shaming but he clearly isn't missing meals.
napi21
(45,806 posts)3. Yea. It wouldn't hurt if he missed lunch every day for the rest of his term. n/t
JDC
(10,125 posts)4. Yeah; He barely has time for his 11:30 am second breakfast
Let alone lunch. Always working that guy.....
doc03
(35,325 posts)5. WTF he watches TV and Tweets till noon every day then holds his
Shit Show for 2 hours every afternoon.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)6. Look at the poor man, just wasting away.