Trump announced at a rally in Pittsburgh that he thinks that he has done enough work and will now coast through the rest of his term.
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Trump said, “So our, my slogan, our slogan, this is a team, our new slogan will be, which I’m almost positive — never like to go too far in advance, but let’s assume it is going like it is going. By the way, if we coasted for 2 1/2 years, we did a hell of a job. You know that. In fact, I was telling some of the guys let’s just coast because the stock market is up almost 40% since election day.”
3 Facts about how much Trump has worked:
1). According to his leaked private schedule, Trump works from 11 AM to 6 PM M-TH, not including breaks for personal time.
2). Trump has spent 95 days of his year-plus in office golfing.
3). Trump has spent a third of his time in office, not in the White House, but visiting his own properties.
Trump has been coasting since he was sworn into office. What the American people really want to know is when is he going to start working?
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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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