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Busted: Emails Reveal Trump ‘Personally Approved’ Campaign-Style Government Mailer Sent to 130 Million American Homes

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President Donald Trump was personally involved in sending a mailer to 130 million households, according to administration emails obtained by The New York Times.

“In accusing the administration of politicizing the Postal Service, the president’s critics point to a recent decision to send a mailer detailing guidelines to protect against the coronavirus. The mailer, which featured Mr. Trump’s name in a campaignlike style, was sent in March to 130 million American households at a reported cost of $28 million,” the newspaper reported.

One email was sent from John M. Barger, a governor of the postal system, to the postmaster general.

“I know that POTUS personally approved this postcard and is aware of the USPS effort in service to the nation — pushing information out to every household, urban and rural,” Barger wrote.

The newspaper interviewed S. David Fineman, who served on the board during the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations.

“I’ve never seen anything quite like this,” Fineman said. “No one would have thought that we would have sought the input of the administration.”

 

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Donald Trump Came to Work ‘Around Noon’ Today

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President Donald Trump‘s official White House schedule has grown increasingly empty as time goes by. Months into his tenure his aides infamously decided to claim he was on “executive time” every morning, until usually 11 AM, at which time he supposedly would receive his “daily” intelligence briefing.

“Executive time” is code for Trump hanging out in the East Wing (the residence), possibly in bed, watching Fox News and tweeting. He reportedly watches between 4 and 8 hours of TV news a day.

“Daily” intelligence briefings are now at 11:30 AM, and rare. According NCRM’s review of the president’s official schedule, he has been scheduled to receive only 5 since November 1. (There’s no public record of if he received them or not.)

Usually, Trump has a lunch scheduled for around noon or 1 PM, sometimes with a Cabinet official.

After that, well, it’s anyone’s guess.

Here’s Trump’s public schedule, via Factbase, for Monday, November 19:

Tuesday, June 26:

Tuesday, March 20 is particularly interesting:

And here’s today’s schedule:

According to NBC News’ Ken Dilanian President Trump didn’t even show up to work in the Oval Office until “around noon” today.

Tweet at 11:37 AM:

Tweet at 12:35 PM:

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