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While I agree that the President is just one person, what bothers me is that I can't ever remember having someone elected to the highest office in the nation wi

While I agree that the President is just one person, what bothers me is that I can't ever remember having someone elected to the highest office in the nation without any experience. It's troubling listening to Trump talk about world affairs and other issues without getting this sick feeling that he is completed bewildered. Then he seems to surround himself with people who don't have clue either. It's quite frightening and I feel like America shit the bed and now we are all going to have to sleep in it. I really hope it all works out because there is just so much at stake for everyone.

coldtea 10y ago
>While I agree that the President is just one person, what bothers me is that I can't ever remember having someone elected to the highest office in the nation without any experience. Trump aside, experience is overrated in politics. Fresh people get elected to major positions all the time. For the main role of being a President, few things can prepare you. And for all the details, there are tons of advisors etc. to help you. Whether Clinton, Obama, Trump etc, they are all clueless to the most pressing issues of today and especially tomorrow (with respect to climate change, technology, jobs, etc). Heck, most are clueless even after having been Presidents. At best, they are at the mercy of their advisors and policy influencers, and the best we can hope is that they have good intentions. I also think it's best to have a wide angle view of society and the world from different aspects (not that Trump has that), than to have experience in backroom discussions and Washington dealings.
- sigmar 10y ago
  >Fresh people get elected to major positions all the time. For the main role of being a President, few things can prepare you. And for all the details, there are tons of advisors etc. to help you. It is nice for the president to at least know the legal framework he/she will be restricted by.
  - coldtea 10y ago
    >It is nice for the president to at least know the legal framework he/she will be restricted by. It's not like the President will draft any law themselves...
    - sigmar 10y ago
      The president's job is enforcing all of the laws set by the legislative branch and he needs to know where his authority begins and ends.
- hourislate 10y ago
  I don't know how much truth there is to the reporting but I am reading it everywhere. http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-obama-meeting-2016-11 http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-obama-meeting-2016-11 >Trump "seemed surprised" by the scope of the president's responsibilities, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Trump's aides were also apparently unaware that the entire staff of the president working in the White House's West Wing would need to be replaced, according to the Journal. Obama reportedly will spend more time counseling Trump about the presidency than most presidents do with their successors. Quite disturbing. I really don't believe he or his aides understood what the job was about.

coldtea 10y ago

>While I agree that the President is just one person, what bothers me is that I can't ever remember having someone elected to the highest office in the nation without any experience. Trump aside, experience is overrated in politics. Fresh people get elected to major positions all the time. For the main role of being a President, few things can prepare you. And for all the details, there are tons of advisors etc. to help you. Whether Clinton, Obama, Trump etc, they are all clueless to the most pressing issues of today and especially tomorrow (with respect to climate change, technology, jobs, etc). Heck, most are clueless even after having been Presidents. At best, they are at the mercy of their advisors and policy influencers, and the best we can hope is that they have good intentions. I also think it's best to have a wide angle view of society and the world from different aspects (not that Trump has that), than to have experience in backroom discussions and Washington dealings.

sigmar 10y ago
>Fresh people get elected to major positions all the time. For the main role of being a President, few things can prepare you. And for all the details, there are tons of advisors etc. to help you. It is nice for the president to at least know the legal framework he/she will be restricted by.
- coldtea 10y ago
  >It is nice for the president to at least know the legal framework he/she will be restricted by. It's not like the President will draft any law themselves...
  - sigmar 10y ago
    The president's job is enforcing all of the laws set by the legislative branch and he needs to know where his authority begins and ends.
hourislate 10y ago
I don't know how much truth there is to the reporting but I am reading it everywhere. http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-obama-meeting-2016-11 http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-obama-meeting-2016-11 >Trump "seemed surprised" by the scope of the president's responsibilities, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Trump's aides were also apparently unaware that the entire staff of the president working in the White House's West Wing would need to be replaced, according to the Journal. Obama reportedly will spend more time counseling Trump about the presidency than most presidents do with their successors. Quite disturbing. I really don't believe he or his aides understood what the job was about.