When a problem gets to the President's desk
it means no one has been able to fix it, because if they had it would never reach his desk. That means that when the President has a problem to solve there is no way to do it in the normal sense of actually fixing it.
It means he has to make decisions based on his choice of what the best way to deal with it is. It also means that there will always be people who are not happy with the choice he makes. It means he has to weigh the options and make choices based on his character and his humanity and his experience and down to doing what he believes is the best and right choice.
He has the Joint Chiefs of Staff and he has his Cabinet members and he has his Chief of Staff who runs the White House Presidential Staff and the advisers he chooses and respects. So he has plenty of brain power and real experience at hand working directly under him. But in the end he has to make a the hard choice on how to deal with every dilemma that comes to him. And every problem he deals with is a dilemma and requires some serious analysis and hard and layered thinking.
Americans will never all agree that the decisions the President makes are universally perfect. They can't be by their very nature. Progressives will never be happy with conservative choices and the same goes for the other side. A good President must approach the job by making the best choice for the country. The best choice is not always the easiest nor is it always popular. But in the long run it benefits the country as a whole, whether right away or many years into the future.
I imagine there aren't any easy dilemmas that land on the President's desk. By definition a dilemma is always a mixed bag. It seems strange to think that only 44 American men in our history have had the job, and some of them have made very harsh choices that actually benefited this country profoundly even though at the time many Americans suffered. Abraham Lincoln choosing to go to war rather than have the country break up is such a decision. I also know that through history the job of the American President has become more extensive in range, broader in scope and more powerful.
Who we choose as President is of vital importance because as we know in the short history of the 21st Century, who the President is makes all the difference in how our country thrives and flourishes, or languishes and declines. We've seen and lived through the most destructive Administration in our lifetimes. Our country is harshly divided now, being torn apart by it's citizens. The President's job is probably harder now than when times have been good. We need to know this because we are the country. Our choices right now are vital to the life or demise of what our country has been up to now. I believe this election is a distinct fork in the road to our future and that who wins will decide what direction our future takes. I believe we need to be more Presidential in our thoughts about our country. We need to vote for what is right for all of us, even those who would and will vote against us and our welfare.
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