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Published in Kurier
(Austria) on 11 February 2019
by Birgit Braunrath (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Mallory Matsumoto. Edited by Helaine Schweitzer.
The most childish U.S. president ever wants to sell himself as a hard worker.

A legendary new tweet from the most childish U.S. president ever: “I probably work more hours than almost any past president.” Donald Trump is reacting to the news that his workload for the day is below that of a first-grader after his private calendar was made public.

While elsewhere in the world the 12-hour workday is under discussion, the U.S. president assures us, with some handwringing, that he works “probably almost” as much, because he’s basically being accused of working 12 hours all week.

Of course, one could ask whether it would even be good for the world if Trump worked more. (Some consider what he does now already to be too much.) But Trump himself is aiming to sell himself as a hard worker, in just the same way he declared prior to his election that he didn’t take as much vacation as Barack Obama did.

That has proven to be true, by the way. Trump doesn’t take nearly as much vacation as Obama—he takes much more. It’s all a question of perspective.


Auf Erstklässlerniveau
Der kindischste US-Präsident aller Zeiten ist bestrebt sich als Schwerstarbeiter zu vermarkten.
Legendärer neuer Tweet des kindischsten US-Präsidenten aller Zeiten: Ich habe wahrscheinlich längere Arbeitstage als fast alle Präsidenten vor mir. Trump reagiert damit auf die Nachricht, sein Tagespensum liege „unter dem eines Erstklässlers“, nachdem sein vertraulicher Kalender an die Öffentlichkeit gelangt war.
Während anderswo auf der Welt der Zwölfstundentag diskutiert wird, versichert der US-Präsident händeringend, er arbeite „wahrscheinlich fast“ eh viel, weil ihm quasi die Zwölfstundenwoche unterstellt wird. Natürlich kann man hinterfragen, ob’s der Welt überhaupt zumutbar wäre, dass Trump mehr arbeitet (manche halten das, was er jetzt tut, schon für zu viel). Aber er selbst ist bestrebt, sich als Schwerstarbeiter zu vermarkten. So wie er bereits vor der Wahl erklärte, er werde nicht so viel Urlaub wie Barack Obama machen. Das hat sich übrigens als wahr erwiesen. Trump macht nicht annähernd so viel Urlaub wie Obama, sondern deutlich mehr. – Alles eine Frage der Perspektive.
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