Trump has reportedly been demanding lots more 'Executive Time,' meaning private TV and tweeting

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President Trump's actual schedule, as opposed to the "sanitized ones released to the media and public," typically starts with three hours of "Executive Time" from 8-11 a.m., "which almost always means TV and Twitter time alone in the residence," says Jonathan Swan at Axios, citing officials. Trump almost always retires to the residence by 6 p.m., and there are usually several hours of "Executive Time" sprinkled in among a meeting or two, starting with an 11 a.m. intelligence briefing, Swan reports, based on actual schedules he was shown. During his 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. stretch in the West Wing, Trump "spends a good deal of time making phone calls and watching cable news in the dining room adjoining the Oval."

Trump's official day used to begin earlier than 11 a.m., with breakfast meetings and other public activities, but "he didn't like the longer official schedule and pushed for later starts," Axios says. Trump aides tell Swan that Trump is "always doing something" and that some of them "wish he would sleep more," but his "unstructured and undisciplined" time in his East Wing residence is similar to how he managed the Trump Organization.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.