Citing people close to Trump, major US-based daily The New York Times reported
Saturday that the American president sits in front of a TV at least four hours
and up to eight hours each day.
According to the report, the only person allowed to touch the remote control for
the White House television is Trump himself and the technical support staff at
his official residence in Washington. However, during his trip to Asia last
month Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he does not watch much
television because he is too busy "reading documents.” "Believe it or not, even
when I’m in Washington or New York, I do not watch much television,” Trump said.
"People that don’t know me, they like to say I watch television — people with
fake sources. You know, fake reporters, fake sources. "But I don’t get to watch
much television, primarily because of documents. I’m reading documents a lot,”
Trump further insisted. "I actually read much more — I read you people much more
than I watch television.
”This is while the American president had previously emphasized that he has
"very little time for watching TV,” despite often tweeting about Fox News and
CNN segments immediately after they air live.
According to the report, Trump spoke to reporters about his TV-watching habit
after The Times presented the White House with a long list of fact-checking
questions, including one about how often the US president watches television.
The daily further reported that "Trump begins each day around 5:30 am by turning
on CNN before quickly flipping to Fox News's Fox & Friends.
"It then cited "Trump’s friends” as saying that he occasionally watches MSNBC’s
Morning Joe "because it works him up .”Trump’s favorite programs include Fox &
Friends as well as Fox News primetime shows from Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham
and Jeanine Pirro, while he sometimes "hate-watches” CNN host Don Lemon.
Meanwhile, Time magazine also reported that Trump has a 60-inch flat screen TV
installed in his private White House dining room.
Source: Press TV