Overview
- The White House provided the New York Post with ten weekdays of non-public Oval Office logs covering Nov. 12–25 in an effort to rebut a New York Times analysis about signs of fatigue.
- The logs, described by officials as “private narrative” records, depict days of up to 12 hours and roughly 50-hour workweeks during the period in question.
- Aides acknowledge the files do not capture unsolicited early-morning or late-night phone calls or the president’s after-hours Truth Social activity.
- The Times’ report, based on public schedules compiled by Roll Call, found later start times and shorter advertised days compared with 2017, and the paper says it stands by its reporting.
- Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt criticized the Times’ data as “half-baked,” while Chief of Staff Susie Wiles publicly defended the president’s stamina.