Trump has a famously non-poker quality facial expression controller. The storms and tempests roiling his soul flash across his visage in a bewildering array of looks and at warp speed. All America needs to have some semi-reliable gauge of his current state of play. A monitor of his mental, emotional, psychological, and work stress temperature, as it were.

We here propose a viable surrogate measure. Trump has adopted America’s premier Presidential desk for his own. On that score we can all agree, he has shown exceptional taste.

We are also told Trump loves being in the Oval Office (one of the few aspects of his new job he is happy about) and giving mini-tours to his frequent guests. On that too, we can all agree that the President should demonstrate generosity of spirit in sharing America’s most important office real estate for public view. While Trump does not always necessarily enhance the Office, the Office enhances Trump. And public disclosure of pictures taken in the confines of this special place that belongs to all of us is a public good.

So, we have a place Trump.45 likes to hang out, a place where pictures are frequently recorded, and a magnificent work surface to serve as sensor.

Hence the Desk Resolute as Trump’s sequential emotional monitor for the rest of us. This new visual tool obviates obsessive Twit following, and cuts down on the pressing need to ingest cable news, fakery, interviews, remarks, speeches, EOs, memoranda, Facebook and Instagram postings, WH briefing documents, and staged events to be summed in one integrated indicator. Sort of a Trump.45 Dow Jones Average.

As always in such matters, the ultimate value of the data Desk Resolute provides depends on the skill of the observer, and repeated, careful comparisons over time. This is the essence of the art of SigInt.

I give you the Desk Resolute Multi-channel Trump Temperature Monitor, presented in episodic daily doses, documented in full color pictures, authorized by the White House.

N.B. There are three extra baseline photos of Trump at work in his primary long-time Office at Trump Tower in New York City (continuously since 1983) for approximate comparison metrics.

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Prequel 01: Trump’s Primary Office in Trump Tower (1987). Clutter Moderate Plus (Clutter Factor = 6)

Prequel 02: Trump’s Primary Office in Trump Tower (2010). Clutter Severe (Clutter Factor = 8)

Prequel 03: Trump’s Primary Office in Trump Rower (08/18/15) Guest Bald Eagle. Clutter Moderate (Clutter Factor = 5)

Day 1: January 20, 2017: Clean as a Whistle. Signing First Executive Order in Oval Office. No Clutter

January 28, 2017 (Day 9): Telephone Call with Vladimir Putin. Clutter Moderate (Clutter Factor = 4)

February 8, 2017 (Day 20): Meeting with Intel CEO. Clutter Controlled (Clutter Factor = 3)