It should be remembered that the president cannot, by executive order, do things that affects the public at large unless there is some Congressional basis for it.
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Executive orders are meant for occasional use, not to force something through that the people's elected representatives aren't going to make law.
When the President makes something a priority, we see action.
The president has a right to discuss his national security policies with the public. But that should be done in the light of day without endangering our sources or methods. The public has no need to know details about intelligence assets or special operations units. Such disclosures endanger those who protect us.
There are limits on what a president can achieve or do, but the expectations are so great.
Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy and decency. But, at the end of the day, presidents get elected to enact change.
Presidents have an impact on the nature of our nation.
Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good.
I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch.
What you do as president has consequences.
Nothing in the 14th Amendment or in any other constitutional provision suggests that the president may usurp legislative power to prevent a violation of the Constitution.
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