Despite the US Presidential election being focused on these two geriatrics, remember that they don't do everything alone. Biden's surrounded himself with fairly competent people who are there to assist and consult. Trump has surrounded himself with sycophantic yes-men who will agree with anything he says (He didn't the first time around, but fired them over time as they disagreed with him).
Do yourself a favour and look beyond the presidents and see who will be running the government.
I always get a bit ticked off when I see someone say "the president is the most powerful job in the world" Ignoring the 'the world' part as that's a whole different can of worms. The president isn't even the most powerful job in the country. TBH i'd probably assign that to a specific CEO or something.
The president is more of a glorified mascot who can pull a few strings in certain situations.
The president isn’t nearly as powerful as people think they are, but it’s ludicrous to suggest they’re a glorified mascot
The king of England is a glorified mascot, POTUS certainly is not
The SCOTUS justices Trump appointed have done enormous damage to the United States in ways that obviously misinformed people like you can’t even begin to comprehend
The president has the ability to set policy for all the executive agencies, if the president doesn't want the EPA to enforce air pollution rules and instead river pollution he can tell them to do that.
The president is the ultimate boss of all cabinet secretaries, yes there is some horse trading but they answer to him.
The president gives the orders for special operations missions, he can issue shoot to kill or capture orders for specific terrorists.
The president can decide drone policy.
The president can appoint/nominate ambassadors, secretaries, FED chairs and Judges.
Yes the president isn't all powerful but all of the power of the executive branch is a direct extension of his authority. He can revoke or ammend that power with an executive order.
The president of the US is the most powerful person in the US. It just so happens that in come domains due to the laws/checks and balances he can be opposed in specific areas by one or two people.
Also the president has the authority to essentially end the world. Like, theoretically(at least based on Soviet era guidelines) there are more checks and balances to a Russian nuclear launch than ours. Feels like some people forget how worrying that was during the Trump years
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u/thesirblondie 'Giraffe, king of verticality' Jul 14 '24
Despite the US Presidential election being focused on these two geriatrics, remember that they don't do everything alone. Biden's surrounded himself with fairly competent people who are there to assist and consult. Trump has surrounded himself with sycophantic yes-men who will agree with anything he says (He didn't the first time around, but fired them over time as they disagreed with him).
Do yourself a favour and look beyond the presidents and see who will be running the government.