Presidents Are Not Kings, Despite Trump's Attempts

[MineralMan]

4. I agree with your assessment.

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Presidents can be thought leaders and stimulators of change, but they do not create the changes themselves. Instead, they help make changes happen through various means, but always through legislation and incremental change.

I, too, fell in love with a few people who ran for office, but always ended up disappointed that they did not really accomplish all that much to resolve the serious issues people face. Like a lot of people, JFK was a hero when I was a teenager, but he played a role in ramping up the Vietnam war and then was assassinated. I gave up hero worship and focused on more incremental changes than sudden changes.

I've always focused more on legislative offices than executive offices, because that's where change really happens. All too often, we forget that in our zeal to elect the "ideal" President.

Change happens slowly, and it's up to us to help elect the lawmakers who will make those changes happen.