# The President's typical day

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 20, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-typical-day/196353 "2003-08-20T03:25:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baranlaith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@Baranlaith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baranlaith)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-typical-day/196353/1 "2003-08-20T03:25:41Z")

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What is a typical day in the life of the President like?

_I’ll pause while everyone who is politically left-of-center does a couple of jokes._

Okay…now…seriously.

I’ve always thought a typical day is a bunch of meetings/briefings - 60 minutes or so for more important matters and 10-15 minutes for less important matters.

And on some days he has a personal appearance/speech or two.

Anyone have any thoughts?

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**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-typical-day/196353/2 "2003-08-20T12:36:37Z")

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I don’t know about the President, but P.J. O’Rourke did an excellent piece one time about a day in the life of a U.S. Senator (or maybe it was a Rep. I don’t remember.) He basically followed the politico around all day as long as he was able. He eventually went home worn out, but the official was still going strong. It was amusing reading.

RR

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**Author:** ![Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rex_fenestrarum/32/7265_2.png) [@Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Fenestrarum)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-typical-day/196353/3 "2003-08-20T13:29:00Z")

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^^ Yes that was in _Parliament of Whores_. Slightly dated now, but still a funny read.

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**Author:** ![Baranlaith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@Baranlaith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baranlaith)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-typical-day/196353/4 "2003-08-20T18:33:40Z")

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Thanks, guys. I’ll look into it.