- Trump
began Thanksgiving by criticizing a report. - New
York Times found his activity dropped. - Activity
was lower than during first term.
Ironically, the 79-year-old CEO, who is the oldest person to
be sworn in for a four-year term in the White House, seemed to start his
typically early morning tirades about coverage later than usual. At 9:47 a.m.,
he took to Truth Social for the first time, accusing “the creeps at the
failing New York Times” of being “at it again” with a “hit
piece on me that I am perhaps losing my energy.”
Trump’s official engagements decreased by 39% compared to
the first ten months of his second term, with 1,029 official events this year,
according to a Times report that examined his official schedules recorded in a
Roll Call database and compared engagements during his first and second terms.
Trump now prefers his media appearances to be in the Oval
Office or cabinet room, where he can be seated to avoid being tired from
standing for extended periods of time while chatting with reporters, a source
close to the president told The Independent.
Rogers has been covering the White House since 2014, and the
president’s attack on her comes just days after he attacked another female
reporter, Catherine Lucey of Bloomberg News, for attempting to question him
about whether his administration would make case files from the FBI
investigation into the death of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein public.
Last week, the president poked
Lucey in the face during a Q&A session with reporters on Air Force One.
“If there’s nothing incriminating in the files, sir, why
not…”
the reporter began before Trump snapped.
“Quiet! Quiet, piggy,”
he said.
What methodology did the New York Times use to measure
activity levels?
The New York Times measured President Donald Trump’s
exertion situations by assaying sanctioned event records and schedules,
comparing the frequency, timing, and duration of his public appearances and
engagements during the first 10 months of his alternate term versus his
first.
Their methodology involved totally listing sanctioned
conditioning provided by the White House, including speeches, meetings, and
trips, to produce a data- driven picture of his public workload and energy
situations. This ideal analysis of event data allowed the Times to track
patterns and changes in Trump’s diurnal schedule and public presence over
time.
This approach contrasts with private assessments by counting
on comprehensive, quantifiable event data from sanctioned sources to measure
physical exertion in an executive environment.
