> The problem is the idea that a single elected official can somehow represent the entire United States. Can one person understand and represent 300 million peo

> The problem is the idea that a single elected official can somehow represent the entire United States. Can one person understand and represent 300 million people? He's not actually supposed to. The President has two essential jobs: (1) administrating and executing the laws he signs from Congress and (2) being the country's spokesperson to the rest of the world. To actually do these jobs, he presides over the vast bureaucracy that is the federal government. Sometimes his speech involves bombs; other times, it's more diplomatic. The idea that such a person should be representative of yourself is silly. I don't want to talk to Iran; that's why I elect a President to do it for me. Read Article 2 of the Constitution. It says nothing about representation, or anything like it.