Ms.Harmony,
okay , I see where you're going with this now
I agree mostly what you say, where I disagree is criteria for POTUS.
there is no set criteria for POTUS, every other position one can go to school, get experience and depending on the person skill, ambition etc some succeeds some don't.
POTUS is totally different, only 44 men have been President, each with their unique backgrounds, skill and Talents.
you believe that Civic service and experience is the key? I beg to differ.
of the 44 men who were president
26 were lawyers
9 of them Military Generals including George Washington.
5 presidents had no public sector experience including Trump, and he is joined by Ulysses.S.Grant, Zachary Taylor and Eisenhower , and including George Washington
8 of them Cabinet secretaries
Do you think Gerald Ford was a good President, he had the experience, do you think LBJ was a good president he had plenty of experience, so did Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, heck George W.Bush was a sitting governor when he decided to run and we all know how his presidency was.
POTUS is a unique position nothing can prepare you for it, experience or not and as history has showed us they come from different backgrounds and different experiences.
civic engagement: Civic engagement or civic participation, according to the American Psychological Association, is "individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern". It can be defined as citizens working together to make a change or difference in the community.
For me, the position of POTUS is the TOP position in government which represents the largest community of THE PEOPLE.
For me, I look for evidence of experience and interest in representing THE PEOPLE elsewhere through civic service which would include MILITARY and any other position with state or federal policy making structures.
ALL presidents have at least had this but Trump.
The experience of knowing and having experience within any type of work structure, including government, for me, is a prerequisite to jumping to the top of that structure.
It is not a guarantee of anything, anymore than a degree guarantees the type of worker one will get, but it is a minimum expectation whatever the position, before someone jumps to the top of the chain.
ahhhhhhh Ms.Harmony,
I knew that was coming, Lol
good thing I anticipated that. You are saying that POTUS candidates should have public sector experience whether its municipal , state or federal or Military .
And Trump has no political or military experience so that alone disqualifies him for the top job.
Here is the problem with that thinking, America has been ruined by Career politicians, Obama was elected as the hope and change guy a young new fresh take on american politics and after 8 years it was more of the same.
The american public got tired of it and elected a dirtbag with no political experience and an washington outsider.
Trump is that guy, most people are tired of career politicians with their smooth manufactured talk and B.S.
Now I will admit Trump has gone too far on somethings but look at Trump for a second,he was elected because he is a pragmatist, much like Bill Clinton back in 1992.
mr.Deal maker, but he is finding out that congress has the power, and he believed he was the guy to make deals.
But we didn't vote for Trump to make deals with democrats, we voted him in to clean up Washington , set some policies so America can prosper again.
he has done some good things, only if he stops tweeting .
I just hope his ego is checked at the door when dealing with Kim Jung un and see the little porky dictator as he truly is, and not be taken advantage of as Kim Jong Un's father did with Clinton , Bush and Obama.
yeah Clinton,Bush and Obama's experience really worked there.
Maybe its time for a new approach a man with no political experience but leadership experience.
You cannot build a successful real estate business particularly in New York by being a nice guy, because they will eat you alive.
I rather have a prick for a president that foreign countries are afraid he might snap like they feared with Reagan than someone like Obama who comes across as a nice guy, smooth talker and a Professor.
Putin tested him, China's Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping tested him among other countries and look at ISIS/ISIL.
Obama in 8 years couldn't set up a meeting with the little porky dictator and in one year in office Trump did.
Because they see how much he is under attack and he Trump isn't wavering one bit, so they see him as a strong leader who might snap at anytime.
Trump isn't stupid and he is playing the media and leftist perfectly, you all believing he is unstable and such and people underestimate him and the next thing you he has one over on you.
Good strategy , Sun Tzu would be proud.