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Dana Milbank: Trump’s sacrifices are hard. You think it’s easy working 11 to 5?

Washington • Being president isn’t easy under the best of circumstances. Imagine how hard it must be if you’re Donald Trump.

"I probably work more hours than almost any past president," Trump announced Sunday, adding that he "had no choice but to work very long hours!"

On Monday, after retweeting his own assertion from a few days earlier that he is “working hard,” he eliminated any doubt: “No president ever worked harder than me,” he declared.

Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage while recovering from exhaustion after leading the country through the Depression and World War II.