U.S. President Donald TrumpPresident Donald Trump has said that his present situation as President of the United States of America is like prison where he is over-protected and making personal activity, including driving out imopossible.
“I loved my previous life. I had so many things going,” Trump told Reuters in an interview. “This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier.”
Trump, a wealthy businessman from New York, assumed public office for the first time when he entered the White House on January 20 after he defeated former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton in an upset.
More than five months after his victory and two days shy of the 100-day mark of his presidency, Trump said that he is accustomed to not having privacy in his “old life,” even as he expressed surprise at how little he had now. And he made clear he was still getting used to having 24-hour Secret Service protection and its accompanying constraints.
“You’re really into your own little cocoon, because you have such massive protection that you really can’t go anywhere.”
When the president leaves the White House, it is usually in a limousine or an SUV.
He said that he missed being behind the wheel himself. “I like to drive. I can’t drive anymore.”
Many things about Trump have not changed from the wheeler-dealer executive and former celebrity reality show host who ran his empire from the 26th floor of Trump Tower in New York and worked the phones incessantly.
He frequently turns to outside friends and former business colleagues for advice and positive reinforcement. Senior aides say they are resigned to it.
The President has been at loggerheads with many news organizations since his election campaign and decided not to attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington on Saturday because he felt he had been treated unfairly by the media.
“I would come next year, absolutely,” Trump said when asked whether he would attend in the future.
The dinner is organized by the White House Correspondents’ Association. Reuters correspondent Jeff Mason is its president.
Source: Reuters. [myad]
