A book offers an insight into a president who adapted to life within the executive residence, reportedly personalizing his quarters and keeping his long-serving aide, Walt Nauta, close by with various personal necessities.
The authors describe, “Trump had every comfort close at hand,” suggesting that Nauta regularly carried items such as “makeup, hairspray, Tic Tacs,” and scissors for trimming hair that was “getting too long in the back.”
According to Haberman and Swan, Trump’s sleep patterns became increasingly irregular.
They note, “He had never been a big sleeper, but now it seemed to his staff that he was sleeping even less, keeping stranger hours than he had in his first term.”
The authors further explain: “But occasionally, aides couldn’t reach him during the hours between eight and ten, which they soon came to realize meant he had stayed up all night, on the phone or watching television or both, only to finally catch some sleep around four or five in the morning.”
The book recounts an incident where, “One late morning, when no one had heard from the President, and staff had been unable to reach him, an aide checked on the President only to find that he was still asleep in the residence.”
In response to these claims, White House spokesperson Davis Ingle defended the president, stating: “President Trump’s sharpness, unmatched energy, and historic accessibility stand in stark contrast to what we saw during the last administration when Democrats and the legacy media intentionally covered up Joe Biden’s serious mental and physical decline from the American people.”
He also commented, “President Trump is the sharpest and most accessible President in American history who is working nonstop to solve problems and deliver on his promises.”
