Once the public loses confidence in a president's leadership at a time of war, once they don't trust him anymore, once his credibility is sharply diminished, how does he get it back?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The president has undermined trust. No longer will the members of Congress be entitled to accept his veracity. Caveat emptor has become the word. Every member of Congress is on his or her own to determine the truth.
President Nixon has lost his effectiveness as the leader of this country, primarily because he has lost the confidence of the people.
By the time a second term rolls around, the illusions about a president have largely evaporated.
I want to re-establish the people's trust in the office of president.
I presumed the president was being truthful until a series of events undercut that confidence.
It takes a lot of effort to win back credibility after having lost it so heavily.
Most people have this protective view of the presidency. Anybody who holds the office is always gonna get the benefit of the doubt unless the media spends four years destroying them like they did Bush, and with Bush not returning fire.
If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history.
No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it.
Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately lied to the people because he thought a war was essential than to have one who was so dumb as to be taken in by intelligence agencies, especially those who told him what he wanted to hear?
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