After another long vacation, Donald Trump thinks that he can fool America by tweeting that he is going back to work today, which is the same thing that he said after Christmas before he spent the week playing golf.
Trump tweeted:
Will be leaving Florida for Washington (D.C.) today at 4:00 P.M. Much work to be done, but it will be a great New Year!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2018
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If you read Trump’s tweet carefully, it states that there is much work to be done, but he never said that he would be the one doing it. Trump took nearly double the first year presidency vacation days of any modern president. There is no reason to believe that Donald Trump will be doing any work unless by work he means tweeting, watching Fox News, and avoiding holding press conferences.
Trump won’t last more than two weeks in D.C., as it is a lock that he will go to one of his clubs for a vacation over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend.
Democrats have been investigating government spending at Trump’s business since the summer of 2017. That investigation is about to blast into the mainstream if Democrats take back the House.
Donald Trump isn’t fooling anybody. There is much work to be done, but the only certainty as 2018 begins is that Trump won’t be doing it.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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