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Welcome back. donald trump built his brand as a hard-charging businessman who never quits, never tires and never backs down. throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, he boasted about his incredible work ethic. he also frequently attacked then president barack obama for what he suggested was a lack of drive. and not spending enough time on the job. >> im going to fight for every american in every last part of this nation. we have -- we have a president who doesnt fight. he goes out and plays go...

17-day vacation. once he was officially a president candidate he turned on the criticism pointing out he would be a way different kind of president. >> if you are in the white house, who wants to take a vacation. you are going to be there for four years, maybe eight. well make it even better. you are in the white house and what is better than the white house? so much work to be done. if i were president, i would be in the white house a lot. i wouldnt be taking trips all over the place. you are t...

Turned on the criticism pointing out he would be a way different kind of president. >> if youre in the white house who wants to take a vacation? youre in the white house youre going to be there for four year, eight years, maybe eight, lets do it for eight. youre in the white house, whats better than the white house? theres so much work to be done. >> if i were a president i would be in the white house a lot. i wouldnt be taking trips all over the place to, you know, for whatever reason. why woul...

Turned on the criticism pointing out he would be a way different kind of president. >> if youre in the white house who wants to take a vacation? youre in the white house youre going to be there for four year, eight years, maybe eight, lets do it for eight. youre in the white house, whats bet ever than the white house? theres so much work to be done. >> if i were a president i would be in the white house a lot. i wouldnt be taking trips all over the place to, you know, for whatever reason. why wo...

Busy reading documents and judging by all the morning tweets, you spend three hours every morning not reading documents or not only reading documents. it is like spending so many days at golf clubs after saying this -- >> i wouldnt leave the white house very much because, you know, little things like these little trips. they cost you a fortune. >> i love working. im not a vacation guy. >> i dont take vacations. im not obama where he takes air force one to hawaii. >> i dont take vacations. i prom...

Know, little things like these little trips. they cost you a fortune. >> i love working. im not a vacation guy. >> i dont take vacations. im not obama where he takes air force one to hawaii. >> i promise, i will not be taking long vacations if i take them at all. >> other people go away for weeks and weeks. i dont like taking vacations. >> obama likes relaxing and going on vacations. i like work. i really do. if i get elected president, im going to be in the white house a lot. im not leaving. we...

>> im going to fight for every american in every last part of this nation. we have a president who doesnt fight. he goes out and plays golf. >> i love work. im not a vacation guy. like obama. flies in a 747. >> i promise you i will not be taking any long vacations if i take any at all. theres no time for vacations. were not going to be big on vacations. >> i mean, its tough not to say he didnt walk into any criticism hes getting now. >> hes in the rough as they say. at the same time i dont think...

White house correspondent mark noeler, bush made 77 trips to his crawford ranch over the course of his eight years in office. bush, like many other presidents, argued getting out of the white house bubble was a good thing. >> life is a series of contrasts, and i like it here a lot. i really do. and im in my element here. we really like it. but i also like, you know -- i wouldnt have run for president if i didnt like the challenge. >> reporter: president obama faced similar criticism as he embark...

He played more golf last year than tiger woods. this guy plays more golf than people on the pga tour. i love golf, but i dont have time. if i were in the white house, i dont think i would ever see turnberry or doral again. if i win this, im not going to play much golf. i wouldnt leave the white house very much, because these little trips where they cost you a fortune. i love working. im not a vacation guy. i dont take vacations. im not like obama where he takes air force one to hawaii. i dont ta...

What will the president will doing? >> well, we will see. right? i mean, this is something he constantly criticized the former president, barack obama, for, taking long vacations. this working vacation is actually longer than any that we have seen president barack obama take on the record. but what his party is hoping he focuses on is moving forward to issues like tax reform and infrastructure. projects they said were priorities during the campaign that they were hoping to table after health car...