

"While he spends much of his average day in scheduled meetings, events, and calls, there is time to allow for a more creative environment that has helped make him the most productive President in modern history.".Responding to Axios' reporting, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders emailed this statement : "President Trump has a different leadership style than his predecessors and the results speak for themselves." "And Trump is a guy who gives new meaning to the notion of an unstructured presidency." "The most important asset in any presidency is the president's time," Whipple said.The longer view: Chris Whipple, a student of presidential schedules who wrote the book 'The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency," told us that "there's almost no parallel" for how this president spends his days. (The private schedule obscured that meeting with Executive Time.) Wednesday's more detailed schedule also listed Trump's meeting with former presidential candidate and former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain, whom he is considering for a Federal Reserve governorship, per Bloomberg.The more detailed schedule revealed it was an interview with the right-wing Daily Caller, according to a source with direct knowledge. For example, the private schedule we obtained said Trump had a "media engagement" at 4:30 p.m.And his mornings sometimes include calls with heads of state, political meetings and meetings with counsel in the residence, which aren't captured on these schedules. The president sometimes has meetings during Executive Time that he doesn't want most West Wing staff to know about for fear of leaks. It's also because a more detailed schedule - kept within a very small, tight circle - typically has 1 or 2 extra meetings per day that aren't listed on private schedules sent to staff.That's because many of his meetings are spur of the moment, according to senior White House officials with direct knowledge of his daily habits.Chart: Lazaro Gamio/Axiosīetween the lines: The private schedules we published below do not list all Trump's meetings over the past three months. Get the data Note: Only events between 8am and 5pm are shown. "He's always up to something it's just not what you would consider typical structure."ĭata: Based on White House schedules obtained by Axios. "He's always calling people, talking to people," a senior White House official told us.

Former chief of staff John Kelly introduced the concept of Executive Time because the president hated being locked into a regular schedule.

The day after the midterms, Trump's schedule had 30 minutes for a chief of staff meeting and more than 7 hours for Executive Time.

18 (with acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin) and 7 hours of Executive Time. For instance, he had 1 hour of scheduled meetings on Jan. Some days, Executive Time totally predominates.
