President Trump Still Way Too Lazy to Do His Job

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President Trump Still Way Too Lazy to Do His Job
By Jonathan Chait     June 7, 2018  9:13 am
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/president-trump-still-way-too-lazy-to-do-his-job.html


Donald Trump possessed less relevant experience and subject expertise for the job of president than any person ever elected to the job. Those deficits can be offset, to a degree, with dogged study and hard work. But rather than make up for his historical lack of qualifications, Trump has compounded the problem with historical laziness. He famously lounges in front of the television having “Executive Time” until 11 a.m., checks out early, refuses to read briefings, and otherwise disdains the most important parts of his job.

Three new reports highlight the laziness problem. First, Trump is acting cranky and resentful in anticipation of his journey to faraway Canada. “President Trump is planning to fly to Canada on Friday. He is not exactly happy about it,” reports the Washington Post. “Trump is a homebody president, preferring to sleep in the White House — or at one of his signature properties — than in hotels, so he is generally reluctant to take long journeys. Furthermore, he prefers visiting places where he is feted — such as on his trips last year to Beijing, Paris and the Saudi capital — over attending summits where the attending leaders are treated as equals.”

Apparently nobody informed Trump that the job involves foreign travel. He also has little patience with domestic functions. The Post obtained audio of his meeting with FEMA to discuss preparedness for hurricane season. You might think Trump would grasp the importance of the issue given that thousands of Americans died on his watch in the wake of a bungled hurricane response in Puerto Rico. You would be wrong. Trump was totally unable to concentrate on the task at hand.

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Update: Asked if he’s prepared for the North Korea summit, Trump assured a reporter that he is. He then explained that he believes little preparation is required for something like negotiating nuclear disarmament with an erratic, delusional hermetic dictator. “I think I’m very well prepared,” Trump said, “I don’t think I have to prepare very much. It’s about attitude. It’s about willingness to get things done.”

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Kinda odd how they say he is too lazy, never does anything but he managed to kill thousands in Puerto Rico.

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I'm no yuge fan of Trump (but I voted for him), however, this is Jonathan Chait writing this column. It wouldn't matter if Trump was the most attentive, meetings-loving president in history...he (Chait) would still condemn him. Chait hates Republicans out of hand. If Trump were a typical constitution-flouting, race-baiting liberal, he'd love him.
Nevertheless, it's hilarious for Chait to complain about Trump when we just had the laziest, law-disregarding, semi-dictator ever in Comrade Barack Obama.

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Lies. Author knows nothing about Trump so he lies.

Worthless opinion on the part of author.