Trump's bedtime story: "The Book"
Excerpts from article @ https://tinyurl.com/y8xguo5x
It’s not true President Trump doesn’t read. It’s just exceptionally hard to get him to do it.
So the workarounds by savvy aides have become legendary in the West Wing. Many of them revolve around the briefing binder that goes to the White House residence each night, known internally as “The Book." ... typically includes briefing sheets about events the president will attend the next day; his schedule for the day, week and month ahead; and a sheaf of policy papers.
The more effective approach with Trump is to use simple, short bullets, or a graphic or timeline — anything demonstrative. The bullets are so pithy that one source said they're "basically slogans."
The president demands brevity, refusing to engage with briefers like his former national security adviser, H.R. McMaster. “He used complete sentences!” said one person (about McMaster) who saw the briefings, and knows better about how Trump likes his information.
Trump may flip through "The Book" during his "executive time," the hours of the morning reserved for tweeting and watching TV. White House chief of staff John Kelly added the time because Trump complained about how busy his schedule was.