Trump Watches Up to Eight Hours of T.V. per Day
Perhaps the most dismaying line in the entire article:
Trump’s favorite programs include "Fox & Friends"
Fox & Friends might be the dumbest program on TV, hosted by Steve Doocy, who used to be the stupidest man on television, until he was surpassed by his co-host Brian Kilmeade as the dumbest man on television.
In the sci-fi version of this time period, this will soon be required of all of us, for our 're-education'.
This is terrible news. If this keeps up, how will he find the time for twitter?
Annotated version:
People close to him estimate that Mr. Trump spends at least four hours a day, and sometimes as much as twice that, in front of a television, sometimes with the volume muted, marinating in the no-holds-barred wars of cable news and eager to fire back.
DaveSchmidt said:
Annotated version:
People close to him estimate that Mr. Trump spends at least four hours a day, and sometimes as much as twice that, in front of a television, sometimes with the volume muted, marinating in the no-holds-barred wars of cable news and eager to fire back.
It's sad that this is the "less troublesome" version.
it's not as though this is news. Anyone following Trump on Twitter knows how often he's essentially live tweeting what he's seeing on Fox & Friends.
I believe this wholeheartedly. And he proves that he does watch enormous chunks of tv because his Twitter feed is often in real time based on something said on Fox or "Fake News" CNN. IMO, he also watches "SNL", "Morning Joe" and yes, "CNN." Not because he wants to hear another side of reporting, but strictly to use as Twitter venom to his followers and start beefs.
In theory, we have an unsupervised teenaged boy trapped in the body of a hefty older man (Diet Coke only works if one is watching what else is consumed) who loves nothing more than slacking off, watching tv and being on social media.
from the timing of his Twitter feed, the evidence is pretty strong that Trump found about the NYT story about his TV watching by watching TV.
ml1 said:
from the timing of his Twitter feed, the evidence is pretty strong that Trump found about the NYT story about his TV watching by watching TV.
From the article:
On his recent trip to Asia, the president was told of a list of 51 fact-checking questions for this article, including one about his prodigious television watching habits. Instead of responding through an aide, he delivered a broadside on his viewing habits to befuddled reporters from other outlets on Air Force One heading to Vietnam.
I will definitely watch the National Lampoon movie about this presidency. Reading a book about it after living through this nightmare would be a huge waste of time.
The amount of Diet Coke is even more concerning...
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Ron Carter
I appreciate the detailed info, as I was assuming he was watching "Teletubbies."
nan said:
He has to watch TV because he can't read.
This is true. Not hyperbole.
shoshannah said:
nan said:
He has to watch TV because he can't read.
This is true. Not hyperbole.
Yup, can't concentrate for more than a minute or two. Early onset for sure.
? He’s in his 70s. Is that considered “early onset”?
GL2 said:
shoshannah said:
nan said:
He has to watch TV because he can't read.
This is true. Not hyperbole.
Yup, can't concentrate for more than a minute or two. Early onset for sure.
But it would have been ‘brewing’ for at least 10 years, so possibly.
His father had some form of dementia, diagnosed around age 70, I believe.
joanne said:
But it would have been ‘brewing’ for at least 10 years, so possibly.
His father had some form of dementia, diagnosed around age 70, I believe.
I think his mother had dementia.
I think his kids and son-in-law have dementia. If they had a pet it would have dementia. But they hate pets.
His father had Alzheimer's.
joanne said:
But it would have been ‘brewing’ for at least 10 years, so possibly.
His father had some form of dementia, diagnosed around age 70, I believe.
Maryann Trump, Donald's mother, had been an alcoholic, and died iat 88 after a six year struggle with Alzheimer's. You
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The dangers of excessive sitting are well-documented: significant increase in heart disease risk; obesity: increased waist fat; cancer; metabolic syndrome, increased blood pressure, cholesterol levels; pulmonary embolism: blood clot in the lungs. Trump’s tight, stiff hamstrings from bottom sitting all day, makes him skittish walking down the steps of Air Force One. He needs to, must hold Melania’s hand. (Trump was horrified at the sight of President Obama disembarking and bounding down the steps of AF1 – without holding onto the railing no less!)
Solution: Swing one of those gold-plated deplane escalators that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia uses. ‘Till then, keep watching, Donald. That, and the eight-piece KFC bucket hits the sweet spot with the "Cortisol Hate Hour:" watching CNN's Don Lemon.
Thehill.com: Trump Watches Up to Eight Hours of T.V. per day
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/364094-trump-watches-at-least-four-hours-of-tv-per-day-report
nytimes.com: Inside Trump’s Hour by Hour Battle for Self-Preservation
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/09/us/politics/donald-trump-president.html?_r=1