more on this role. showing up and giving a speech to coordinate behavior partly matter for routine things like trying to pass legislation, but it mostly matters during crises when a crisis becomes apparent the presidents role is to do the following
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1. have a press conference 2. calmly explain the crisis 3. lay out in plain language the response of the government to the crisis 4. firmly emphasize that the nation will rise to meet the challenge 5. "god bless america" this is the script. its not complicated
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trump was not great at this. partly he was disorganized, partly his speeches were sort of disordered, frequently he spent his time taking petty potshots at whoever had recently irritated him, inevitably he was bad at using lofty language and broadly resonant tropes however
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biden is absolutely atrocious. he rarely even gets to step 1, "hold a press conference" when he speaks he meanders, his voice fades in and out, he in no way presents an image of strength. the man is a walking corpse
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in some national crisis yes its ideal to have a president who is both an energetic leader and a strong figurehead but in practice you can get by with a figurehead supported by a solid staff but you better have a figurehead either way because otherwise people will lose their shit
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anyway this is just to say factor that into your analysis of how the US government will respond to any new crisis that might emerge over the next three years stay strapped and may God save the country
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I think Biden is as incompetent as they accused Trump of being and being bad at giving press conference probably doesn't matter
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The fact that it looks like the main thing president should do is press conference shit is contrived the press just wants everyone to think their shit matters
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Trump was at least firm on the shit he cared Abt, he got the trade deal he wanted and had good team for trade shit with china, he did remain in Mexico using limited power of diplomacy of presidency and no help from our courts or Congress, and he got middle east peace deal
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Not sure about that, Tao. Not joining TPP was and continues to be a really, really big deal…https://twitter.com/bauhiniacapital/status/1438858166196789250 …
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dont remind me :(
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Sorry. I already kept my mouth shut on other things. Just disregard and forget it, Eigen
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