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Originally Posted by Tasslehofp99
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Who cares who the president is? They are just a symbol with no true power.
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You're not serious, are you?
The President appoints to the Supreme Court. This alone is a massive power.
The President can unilaterally determine policy directions for the majority of Administrative Agencies.
The President makes treaties and international executive agreements. While the Senate advises and consents to treaties, this is in practice, still a massive power of the Presidency. Remember, treaties are the supreme law of the land under the constitution second only to the constitution itself (and in some cases possibly being supreme over constitutional amendments).
He can unilaterally remove signatures from treaties nullifying them.
The President is the commander in chief, and can start wars (Without starting a War Powers discussion, he functionally can commit acts of war unilaterally).
Need I continue? The notion that the President is weak and powerless is utterly baseless. Misconceptions like this are damaging to our social fabric and should be stymied wherever possible.