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Trump's 'enormously long' waste of time baffles CNN pundits: 'He's running the country'

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President Donald Trump's impromptu half-hour tour of the White House South Lawn surprised a CNN anchor with his use of time. During a Wednesday segment on CNN, Kasie Hunt said Trump spent 32 minutes leading reporters around the White House while talking about stones, flagpoles, and his planned ballroom . "32 minutes in a presidential day is an enormously long amount of time," Hunt said. "It doesn't feel like it. You can easily waste 32 minutes on Instagram like the rest of us, but he's running the country." According to Kate Bedingfield, a former White House communications director for Joe Biden, the president's day "is scheduled within minute increments, and there are decisions made that give him the time to do this rather than other things." Trump's schedule initially said he was participating in a policy meeting during the time slot he used for his impromptu tour, Hunt said. "I would just be absolutely ripping my hair out," Bedingfield said. Axios reporter Alex Thompson said, "Democ