• otto_von@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Honestly, maybe I am a bit detached with my European perspective but doesn’t the president come with a lot more? An entire cabinet of ministers, the parliament etc. So even if the president is not your type of person, maybe it doesn’t matter much?

    • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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      4 months ago

      You are exactly correct. A lot of Americans think of the President as the sole arbiter of government authority, despite the fact that they are just the head of one of three branches of government. As head of the Executive, they have a ton of agencies and advisors who report to them.