Trump thinks being president is a part-time job

[Beaverhausen]

Trump said this yesterday: “I could actually run my business and run government at the same time. I don't like the way that looks,” Trump said. “But I would be able to do that if I wanted to.”

Apparently he thinks the job of president is only a part time job and he will have all sorts of free time to go out and make deals, great deals, terrific deals.

He is clueless. He is absolutely unaware of the magnitude of the job he is about to take. He is playing the press for fools.

Why is this happening???

Are we going to just sit still and let it happen?

[onecaliberal]

1. There is NO PRESS in this country.

[unblock]

2. oh, he's aware. it's a matter of what's important to him.

most presidents work their ass off because they feel the pressure to do everything they can for as many people as they can in the time they have in office.

donnie is primarily interested in donnie, so of course he'd love to spend plenty of time milking the office for personal profit, and i'm sure he's pissed that they're not letting him just do that in the obvious way. sheesh! making him go through his kids for his skim!

[Arkansas Granny]

3. That's because he has no intention of really doing the job, just wearing the title.

He treated this whole election like a popularity contest.

[snooper2]

4. he is a bullshit artist, he thinks he can bullshit his way through the next four years

[Grammy23]

5. Apparently a lot of people think tRump is capable of juggling both jobs

since he alluded to that before he was elected and it didn't seem to ring any alarm bells. At the slightest hint that he thought he was Superman and could wear both hats (or in his case both crowns) he should have been pressed on his perceptions of what he thought the job of President entailed. Of course, with tRump, no one seems to press him on ANYTHING. He is used to people bowing and scraping to "his excellency......"

I would be curious how much of the day to day operations he actually does at tRumpco.....and how much Ivanka, Uday and Qusay do. I suspect he signs a lot of documents that he never reads.

[LeftInTX]

6. I agree

I would be curious how much of the day to day operations he actually does at tRumpco.....and how much Ivanka, Uday and Qusay do. I suspect he signs a lot of documents that he never reads.

Pretty much smoke and mirrors

[Retrograde]

10. 3M more didn't

We need to keep pushing the truth: that he's a minority president, elected by a combination of an archaic clause in the Constitution and an early 20th century law fixing the size of the House of Representatives so that the votes of some states carry more weight than others.

We need to keep reminding McConnell, Ryan, and the press that Trump does NOT have a mandate.

[VMA131Marine]

7. We need to start thinking of Trump as the Zaphod Beeblebrox president ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaphod_Beeblebrox

His job is not to wield power but to act as a distraction for those who are really in charge.

[Wounded Bear]

8. It's not the first time he's said that....

he said it months ago, on the campaign. His supporters just don't care.

[forgotmylogin]

9. That's one of his standard templates.

"Oh, look how magnanimous I am by following this convention. I don't have to because I'm made of money, but look at how good this makes me look by doing it. Not cause I want to, but because you people want it... You're welcome."