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EXCLUSIVE: Fox News Digital obtained a copy of President Donald Trump’s personal diary from Dec. 1, which shows back-to-back calls and meetings that often extend into the night.
The president has come under public scrutiny in recent months from the media over his health and age, including the New York Times reporting last month that Trump, 79, is “facing the realities of aging” while in office. Concern about Trump’s resistance comes after media silence on the issue when the then-oldest sitting president, joe bidenled from the Oval Office, a health saga that has continued long after Biden withdrew from the 2024 federal election and vacated 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. on Jan. 20.
During the 12 days covered in the internal schedule obtained by Fox Digital, Trump is present for approximately 10 hours a day, averaging about 21 separate meetings, calls or events per day, while some days include more than 30 such events.
A copy of the president’s calendar shows that Trump begins most scheduled calls and meetings around 8:30 or 9 a.m., and his days usually don’t end until after 8 p.m.
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President Donald Trump stops and takes questions from reporters on his way to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on September 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump travels to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a campaign event. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
On Monday, December 1, for example, Trump began his day at 8:30 a.m. with a phone call to his chief of staff, Susie Wiles, followed by a 9:30 a.m. call to House Speaker Mike Johnson and a 9:35 a.m. call to a rally. Then, for 10 minutes, Trump held a series of quick meetings with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Wiles, before holding calls with a member of Congress and a political adviser.
The day continued with 18 more meetings, phone calls and events, including a bill signing, remarks at a Christmas reception and additional meetings with Secretary of State, Leavitt and his trade team.
According to Trump’s schedule, his busiest day so far this month was Wednesday, December 3, when he held 32 events, meetings and phone calls. He started the day at 9 am with a call to senior officials and concluded the day at 7:30 pm, when he met with a “TV personality.”
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Every hour between 9am and 7:30pm that day included a scheduled event, meeting, or call.
Trump’s longest work day this month fell on Tuesday, December 9, according to the schedule, at 13 hours and 9 minutes. Trump began his day at 9:46 a.m. with a call to a Cabinet secretary, before holding five more meetings and another call. He concluded the day at 10:55 p.m. after traveling to Pennsylvania on Tuesday, where he gave a speech focused on his economic policies.
The overall calendar showed a figure focused on foreign policy and business, including 11 separate meetings or calls with his secretary of state, eight head of state sessions, three meetings with a special envoy and two with an ambassador. Trump had at least one CEO or business-focused engagement on 10 of the 12 days, including 17 direct CEO calls or meetings, a call with “business leaders” and other events on the economy or technology.
President Donald Trump speaks at the Department of State Kennedy Center Medal of Honor Presentation Dinner at the U.S. Department of State on December 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. The 2025 Kennedy Center honorees are Sylvester Stallone, George Strait, the rock band KISS, Gloria Gaynor and Michael Crawford. (Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)
One of Trump’s lightest days was over the weekend, when Saturday, December 6, saw 5 hours and 51 minutes of scheduled events, including meetings with Kennedy Center leaders and Secret Service leaders, a meeting with Kennedy Center honorees, and participation in the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner.
Trump entered his second term as the oldest person to take office at age 78, and the media increasingly focused on his health, including when he was seen with swollen legs in July while attending the FIFA Club World Cup final in New Jersey, as well as other photos dating back to February showing bruises on his hand.
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The White House attributed the bruising to frequent handshakes and said the swelling was due to chronic venous insufficiency, “a benign and common condition, particularly in people over 70 years of age,” according to Leavitt’s previous comments.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt read President Trump’s MRI results during a press conference on December 1, 2025. (Francis Chung/Getty Images)
The media most recently focused on an MRI Trump received during a checkup at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland in October, which the administration described as routine. The checkup was Trump’s second in 2025, following a visit in April that Navy Capt. Sean P. Barbabella, the president’s physician, said found Trump “remains in excellent health.”
Trump promised to release the scan results when the media pressed him on the matter, and the White House released the report a day after Trump’s promise. The report found that Trump was in normal, good health.
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“The purpose of this imaging is preventative to identify any problems early, confirm overall health and ensure the president maintains long-term vitality and function,” Leavitt said during a news conference while reading Trump’s MRI report. “…Overall, your cardiovascular system shows excellent health.”
President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden on Sunday. (José Luis Magaña/AP Photo)
The White House was quick to question journalists’ focus on Trump’s health, pointing to his health reports and the lack of media coverage Biden received about concerns about his mental acuity.
Biden’s mental acuity had been under the conservative microscope since before the 2020 election. However, concerns among the mainstream media did not increase until February 2024, when special counsel Robert Hur, who was investigating Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified documents as vice president, announced that he would not recommend criminal charges against Biden for possession of classified materials after his vice presidency, calling Biden “a sympathetic, well-intentioned old man with a bad attitude.” memory”.
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“I can tell you that there was certainly a lack of transparency from the former president, from the entire previous administration,” Leavitt told reporters in April. “And, frankly, many people in this room addressed the health and competence of former President of the United States, Joe Biden.”