- 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.