“The presidency is no bed of roses.”
– James K Polk
“When you get to be president, there are all those things, the
honors, the 21-gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember
it isn't for you. It’s for the presidency.”
– Harry S Truman
“The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter
how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big
enough for its demands.” – Lyndon B Johnson
“The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the
least of them.”
– Richard M Nixon
There are many reasons why, as Polk noted, “the presidency
is no bed of roses.” Conflict is one of them. Here’s a sampling
of what American presidents have faced as Commandersin
Chief: War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Civil War,
Spanish-American War, World War One, World War Two,
Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf War, Iraq War, the ongoing War
on Terror.
One of the significant matters on every president’s agenda is
to rally the troops on a regular basis – most notably by visiting
America’s military academies for commencement addresses,
a duty President Trump has embraced with enthusiasm on
multiple occasions. Here are a few highlights: ��
“No man will ever carry out of
the presidency the reputation
which carried him into it.”
– Thomas Jefferson
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