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NEWS: For the first half of 2020, Trump scheduled a total of 41 intelligence briefings. That works out to about 1.5 per week.
In February, as the coronavirus jumped to Italy and Iran and began spreading unnoticed in the United States, Trump had just 3. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-intel-briefings_n_5efe4bd8c5b6acab284d73bf
In February, as the coronavirus jumped to Italy and Iran and began spreading unnoticed in the United States, Trump had just 3. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-intel-briefings_n_5efe4bd8c5b6acab284d73bf
February totals:
Scheduled intelligence briefings: 3
Days of golf in South Florida that month: 4
Rallies that month: 5
Scheduled intelligence briefings: 3
Days of golf in South Florida that month: 4
Rallies that month: 5
When Trump took office, he scheduled an intelligence briefing nearly every weekday. But that grew more sporadic as the year passed, down to where he had only 13 in October 2017 and 12 in January 2018.
On Feb. 6, 2018, the phrase “intelligence briefing” began to replace “daily intelligence briefing” in the public schedule until, by mid-April 2018, the “daily” part had vanished for good.
The renewed attention on Trump’s intelligence briefings also casts more light on his work habits.
George W. Bush was typically in the Oval Office by 6:45 each morning, when he received his intelligence briefing, although he often took a break later in the day for exercise.
George W. Bush was typically in the Oval Office by 6:45 each morning, when he received his intelligence briefing, although he often took a break later in the day for exercise.
Obama received the PDB on his iPad at 6 each morning, where he read it before starting his day with a workout and getting to the West Wing by 9.
Trump spends most of his mornings watching television in the residence and posting tweets about what he has just seen. He rarely gets to the West Wing much before noon and, a proponent of an unusual theory that humans are born with a finite quantity of energy, does not exercise.
“His laziness cannot be overestimated, but it doesn’t get enough attention,” said Charles Leerhsen, who ghost-wrote Trump’s book “Surviving at the Top.” “It may be his core failing.”
