Former Trump exec says the president cares ‘less about his job now than he did’ running his company

When Donald Trump was campaigning for president in 2016, he characterized President Barack Obama as someone who was spending way too much time on the golf course and not enough time at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. If he won the election, Trump insisted, he would be too busy running the country to play golf. But according to former Trump Organization exec Barbara Res — who was interviewed for a Los Angeles Times report by Eli Stokols and Chris Megerian — Trump isn’t even working as hard at his current job as he worked in the past.

According to Res, Trump equates tweeting and watching television with working. Res told the Times, “It looks like he’s not even trying, but he thinks he’s trying. To him, all the watching TV and tweeting is work; so, he believes he’s on the clock 24-7, 365.”

Res isn’t the only person who discusses Trump’s work habits in the Times’ report. Democrat Leon E. Panetta, who served as White House chief of staff under President Bill Clinton and secretary of defense and CIA director under President Barack Obama, views Trump as unfocused. And the 81-year-old Panetta, using a Hurricane Dorian analogy, told the Times, “Trump operates the way this hurricane operates: there’s a lot of destruction and chaos going on, but no clear path where it’s heading…. It’s very much an ad hoc presidency that relies on his gut instincts rather than any kind of policy process.”

View the complete September 5 article by Alex Henderson on the AlterNet website here.