Trump's White House revealed

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[h=1]Lay's potato chips in the White House kitchen, cable news at 6 a.m., Andrew Jackson's portrait in the Oval Office and nights alone in the suite where Lincoln slept: Trump's White House revealed[/h]

• President Donald Trump spoke with the New York Times yesterday about his life in the White House thus far
• He's been wowed by the residence and the Oval Office, installing a portrait of Andrew Jackson, the first populist president
• He revealed to the Times that while he loves the White House's secure phone lines, he's held onto his personal Android
• He's been starting his day at 6 a.m., watching TV for three hours before meetings begin, while he also watches television at night
• Lay's potato chips, which were commonly seen with Trump aboard his own personal plane, have been spotted at the White House as a snack

By NIKKI SCHWAB, U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 23:57, 25 January 2017 | UPDATED: 01:34, 26 January 2017

 

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President Donald Trump has only been residing in the White House for five days, but he's already put his mark on the executive mansion.
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman talked on the phone with the president yesterday and was given a number of details about the new POTUS' schedule, habits and quirks.
Trump rises around 6 a.m. and his media diet begins: there's cable news – Morning Joe, Fox & Friends, along with some CNN, according to Axios – and print newspapers, which consists of the New York Post, the New York Times and now the Washington Post too.

 

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President Donald Trump spoke to the New York Times yesterday about his life in the White House thus far and revealed that while the executive mansion has 'the most beautiful phones,' he's holding on to his old Android as well

 

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President Donald Trump starts his day by watching cable television at 6 a.m., with meetings starting at 9 a.m., with the president sitting at the same Resolute Desk that most modern executives have used

 

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At 9 a.m. White House meetings begin – earlier than those at Trump Tower started, which cut into the president's TV time.
Haberman confirms that Trump isn't a bookworm and so watched television in the evening as well.
Trump has been spending work hours in the Oval Office, at the Resolute Desk, which was used by his most recent predecessor, along with every president since Rutherford B. Hayes – who was gifted the desk in 1880 from Queen Victoria – with the exception of Presidents Johnson, Nixon and Ford.
On his desk sits a telephone, one he marveled on about to Haberman.
'These are the most beautiful phones I've ever used in my life,' Trump told the New York Times reporter.

 

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'The world's most secure system,' Trump added. 'The words just explode in the air,' he added, meaning that his conversations couldn't be tapped.
The Times piece also reveals that Trump kept his Android smart phone, much to the chagrin of his aides.
Trump also started picking artwork, so on the wall is a portrait of President Andrew Jackson – the nation's first populist president.

 

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While first lady Michelle Obama made healthy eating one of her policy priorities, the only mention of White House food comes from Haberman's mention of snacks being served – Lay's potato chips, like on Trump Force One – and the Trump family having a breakfast of 'fresh fruit, pastries and other treats' the morning after inauguration, when the Women's March was taking place outside.
The president wouldn't answer when asked if he's lonely in the 132-room White House, with wife Melania and 10-year-old son Barron back in New York.
'They'll come down on weekends,' Trump said. 'She'll come down on Thursdays and stay.'
It's also probably helpful that daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner, who is working at the White House, don't live so many blocks away.
'It's a beautiful residence, it's very elegant,' Trump told Haberman.
'There's something every special when you know Abraham Lincoln slept there,' Trump continued. 'The Lincoln Bedroom, you know, was his office, and the suite where I'm staying is actually where he slept.'
Trump was referring to the White House's master suite.
'Knowing all of that, it's different, than, you know, just pure elegance and room size,' the president added. 'There's a lot of history.'