I miss my old life: Trump

Washington, April 28: He misses driving, feels as if he is in a cocoon, and is surprised how hard his new job is.

President Donald Trump on Friday reflected on his first 100 days in office with a wistful look at his life before the White House.

“I loved my previous life. I had so many things going,” Mr Trump said in an interview. “This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier.”

He later added, “I do miss my old life. This — I like to work. But this is actually more work.”

A wealthy businessman from New York, Mr Trump 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 surprise election win.

More than five months after his victory and nearing his 100-day mark of his presidency, the election is still on Mr Trump’s mind.

Midway through a discussion about Chinese President Xi Jinping, the President paused to hand out copies of what he said were the latest figures from the 2016 electoral map.

“Here, you can take that, that’s the final map of the numbers,” Mr Trump said from his desk in the Oval Office, handing out maps of the US with areas he won marked in red.

Mr Trump, who said he was accustomed to not having privacy in his “old life,” expressed surprise at how little he had now. — Reuters