Overview
- An examination of official calendars finds a roughly 39% drop in President Trump’s public events this year versus the same 2017 period, with average start times shifting from 10:31 a.m. to 12:08 p.m.
- Trump logged 1,029 official events from January 20 to November 25 compared with 1,688 in 2017, with most public appearances concentrated between noon and 5 p.m.
- Video from a November 6 Oval Office session shows Trump appearing to nod off briefly during a meeting, a clip that has circulated widely in recent coverage.
- The White House and Trump’s physician assert excellent overall health and favorable recent tests, attributing a hand bruise to aspirin and handshakes and ankle swelling to chronic venous insufficiency.
- Trump dismissed the reporting on Truth and attacked the NYT author, as former White House physicians called for more detailed disclosures; the analysis also notes less U.S. travel in 2025 but double the overseas trips compared with 2017 (8 vs. 4).