As the Trump administration approaches its final two weeks, with the president distracted by his obsession with baseless voter fraud allegations, his daily agenda is at least creating some mirth online.
For both Monday and Tuesday of this week a summary of Donald Trump’s official schedule as released by the White House reads: “President Trump will work from early in the morning until late in the evening. He will make many calls and have many meetings.”
The schedule — adapted from a similar summary schedule over the holiday period — generated amusement online with people wondering if it was “a note from his mom” or comparing it being “like a book report by a kid who didn’t read the book”.
There were comparisons to children’s books and authors including the ‘Dick and Jane’ series and the work of Richard Scarry or Dr Seuss.
“Who the hell writes these things?” asked one Twitter user, adding: “Sounds like a 4th grade grammar exercise, not a presidential schedule.”
One tweet suggested it was a White House staffer “phoning it in” while searching for a new job.
Another wrote: “Many people are saying… he writes these himself.”
CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins referenced an article she and Kevin Liptak prepared, tweeting an excerpt, confirming some suspicions as to the real author.
“His daily schedules have evolved into self-parody, with no events listed and only a brief blurb — dictated personally by the President, according to one person familiar with the matter — detailing his activities,” they wrote.
Others noted that having “many calls” and “many meetings” would imply that he was actually doing something.
Washington, DC reporter Andrew Feinberg tweeted: “White House still falsely claiming @realDonaldTrump is doing things other than obsessing over how to overturn an election he lost, which he can’t actually do.”
Mr Trump’s recent call with Georgia officials continues to lead on cable news with discussion as to its legality, and the president being compared to a mob boss.
Forbes reporter Andrew Solender mocked the vagueness of the schedule: “I, too, will 'make many calls and have many meetings’."
Perhaps the schedule sums up the current zeitgeist of a sizable portion of the population that has now been remotely working or learning for more than nine months — many quipped they would send the same message to their bosses this morning.
