The Future of America The office of the President of the United States is widely seen as the most important and influential job in the free world. The honorable position is facing imminent doom considering the two frontrunners for the 2016 Presidential election are currently Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Controversy surrounds both candidates due to demagogic comments from Trump and an FBI investigation looming over Clinton. Political parties divide the the two nominees and set up for a fierce debate if they are chosen to represent America in the vital election of 2016. Donald J. Trump’s Presidential campaign began with much fanfare. Many saw the reality show stars announcement as a publicity stunt to gain popularity. Trump’s campaign is no longer ignorable as he inches his way to the White House. Trump’s decision to run surprised politicians because of his lack of experience in government. Trump made his mark as a successful businessman, generating billions of dollars in profits. The capitalist worked for his father 's real estate business and quickly developed and took over the company. One of Trump 's greatest strengths as a businessman was being able to identify opportunity in bleak circumstances. The real estate tycoon transformed the Commodore Hotel into the world renowned Grand Hyatt Hotel and even created his own apartment-retail complex known as Trump Tower. Donald Trump became a national celebrity icon after appearing on WrestleMania and starring in NBC reality
On November 8th, 2016, the United States will finally have its presidential election for the 45th President of the United States of America. This election will be a grating race between a number of political parties and their respective nominees. Two parties are more notable than the others, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The Democratic Party has a well-known nominee; Hillary Clinton, who has served as secretary of state, and has been the senator of New York, she has also been the first lady of the U.S while her husband, former president Bill Clinton was in office (Hillary For America). Mrs. Hillary Clinton is mainly a candidate for president because of her experience and great attributes. Alongside Clinton is Mr. Donald J. Trump, who is the respective presidential nominee for the Republican Party. Donald Trump is a well-known billionaire real estate personnel, who rose up to his status due to his great business intellect (Donald Trump Biography). In like matter, there are other nominees for president; however, Trump and Clinton are the two that are most significant and one if not the other will eventually overtake the position as President of the United States. Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are formidable
Throughout the years we have had some great United States presidents and some terrible ones. When we elect a president, we want someone who will improve our country and stabilize our economy. However, many presidents do not accomplish this during their term and end up causing the opposite effect to happen. One president who is on the list of presidents that made the country worse and our economy decline is George W. Bush. He was the United States president from 2001 to 2009. George W. Bush was one of the worst United States presidents for many reasons, but the top three on my long list are first and foremost his decision to start the war on Iraq, second his support of the Military Commissions Act, and last but not least his handling of the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
He became involved in large building projects and gained many opportunities for high profits. When the Pennsylvania Central Railroad entered bankruptcy, Trump maintained land on the West Side of Manhattan. Building apartments in the area would have been unfeasible. Therefore, Trump promoted the property for a city convention center. His offer was turned down. In 1975, Trump got out of his economic rut by signing a partnership agreement with the Hyatt Hotel Co. After the agreement was finalized, Trump worked out a complex deal in a downtown location and won the company a 40-year tax abatement. After arranging the company’s financing, renaming it the Grand Hyatt, and renovating the building, the company had became an economic success. In the process, the project made Trump the city’s best known and most controversial real-estate developer. (“Donald Trump
The early presidents had an important role in shaping position of the president of America and set good examples for the future presidents to follow. Despite how underdeveloped the country was, the early presidents set great precedents, such as the two terms in office, foreign relations, and determining the power of the federal government and the judicial branch. Although the presidents in the 19th century each had an important role in history during their terms in office, their success as the leader of the executive branch is not exactly the same. The range for determining the success of the president is evaluated by their legacy, contributions to the economic success of the young nation, and ability to handle foreign affairs. Based on my criteria, I would rank the early presidents in this order of most successful to least successful: George Washington, James Monroe, James Madison, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson.
There are many flaws in the actions of the President of the United States using executive action to shape policies for the United States, but congress plays a major role in the reasons why there are so many issues pertaining to the use of executive action. Another flaw is that it is not spelled out in the constitution that the president is allowed to bypass congress on any issues that are not attended to. Congress makes a huge fuss about the president executing his executive actions but congress is the one from the beginning that granted that right to him in the first place. The presidents use of executive action on issues, that when applied, bypasses congress. Executive Actions are used to remedy a fundamental lack of action by congress
The man we now call the president of the United States, Donald J Trump has recently made comments about decisions that might happen in this country. The disturbing comments has affected many families emotionally, mentally, and physically especially our families who are illegal immigrants. The new president has made accusations of deporting all illegal immigrants in this country, including our younger generation of immigrants who immigrated to this country as children by the decision of their parents, the younger generation of immigrants are also known as our dreamers, DACA students. The article, “Rethinking Immigration Reform” written by Mike Coffman a Republican who represents Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, argues that the
The question of how some Presidents are able to use their personal influence to achieve their political goals from what is a technically weak position vis-à-vis the Congress is one that has fascinated political scientists for decades. The President is rightfully perceived, as the most powerful office is America, indeed the whole world. He can negotiate with other nations. He can send troops into combat. He can use the immense powers of the executive branch to chart policy. When it comes to enactment of legislation, however, the Constitution gives the President very limited power over the legislation other than the veto, which, when used, most often reflects weakness rather than strength. The President can propose legislation but he cannot even force Congress to consider it or even get it out of committee. The President’s agenda is largely in the hands of Congress. A President’s success in pursuing his agenda is directly proportionate with his power to persuade Congress.
On September 11, 2001, America was attacked by terrorists. Before this traumatic event, one could not even imagine someone doing such a thing. When this event occurred everyone had been unaware and continuing their daily activities only to be stopped by this life changing news. The president at the time was George W. Bush. Doing day to day activities like the rest of us, he was reading to a second grade class that bright Tuesday morning. Upon hearing about the news, he was utterly shocked along with the rest of America. At approximately 8:40 p.m., which is around 12 hours after the event, he gave a speech to address this horrendous event. President Bush had successfully created a sense of unity and security throughout the country with his speech by using ethos, pathos, logos, tone and imagery.
The government in the United States has three branches, which are executive, legislative and judicial. The United States of America declared the independence from Britain since 1976. Since success of revolution, the United States founded their first government in 1789 with following ideas: freedom, liberty, democracy. Until now, the United States have more than forty presidents indirectly elected by civilian citizens. Presidents will be reelected every four years. Changing in presidents will also change ideas about the role of government. Barry Goldwater, Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama these four renowned presidents demonstrated their different views on establishing government with four speeches in 1964, 1965, 1981 and
In 1787 our founding fathers believed that that the general population was not educated enough to select the president of the United State (Bronson, K and Dove, L 2015). This was one of the concerns our founders had when the wrote the Article II, section 1 of our constitution which laid out the framework for the electoral college process that we use still to this day. An article by Bronson, and. Dove” stated that the Electoral College provided security to concerns that the governing people had in this era of our nation’s history to ensure a viable election process, such as the unlikelihood that a candidate would have a national presence amongst the general public.”(2015). Due to the vast geographic distances candidates would not be able to appeal their platforms to the people since there was no televisions or radios throughout the country. The founding fathers even feared that the more populous states would force their influence on the less populate states making the popular voting process not viable to receive the true will of the people(Bronson,K and Dove, L page 1, para 2). These concerns where ligament in that society and era of our nation’s history and the Electoral College process gave security. With key transformations that have accord in our society, such concerns are less prominent. The Electoral College Process no longer protects us from concerns of the past, but directly effects new problems in our current society The Electoral College denies the will of the
The uproar of who should be the next President of the United States came in full swing April 2014. While the Republican Party jumped to an early start by making trips to the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, the Democratic Party lingered on the sidelines. The Republican Party started with seventeen candidates, yet the Democratic Party had only three. However, after the Iowa Caucus, one of the Democratic candidates dropped, leaving only two candidates remaining. Those two candidates are Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. As the race progressed sixteen of the Republican Party candidates dropped, leaving only Donald Trump. With estimated polls, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump would be the two candidates in the 2016 presidential election. Clinton has over thirty-five years of political experience, yet Trump has only business experience, so the decision of who should run the country should be chosen carefully. Although the Republican Party believes Donald Trump should be the next President of the United States, the Democratic Party nominated Hillary Clinton as the best candidate because she has the most accurate solutions for solving some of the main issues in the United States, such as gun control, immigration, and education.
Before 1789, pharaohs, consuls, Kings, Queens, and Councils served as executive in other government and no national government had a president (Welch 326). George Washington, in 1789 became the first president of the United States, as well as the commander in chief, and one of the Founding father of the United States. As a democratic country, USA has a political system where power is divided in between a legislative, executive, and Judiciary. In the beginning the presidency was not very powerful office in a fledging country that had few international ties and virtually no standing Army. Today the President of the Unites States is among the most powerful figure in the world. As a chief diplomat and most powerful person of the country,
One of the chief principle roles of the President of the United States is as Chief Executive. As Chief Executive, it is the president 's duty to "faithfully executive the laws" that are passed by Congress. The way the president accomplishes this is through the bureaucracy, which is broken down into the four types of bureaucracy. These types are Cabinet Departments (Department of State), Independent Executive Agency (Central Intelligence Agency), Independent Regulatory Agencies (The Office of Personal Management), and Government Corporations (AMTRAK). As well Presidential Commissions such as the 9/11 Commission in 2001 would also count as a special type of bureaucracy. The bureaucracy is the largest portion of government, with nearly 2.8 million employees, though even as Chief of Executive the president only has direct control over about 3,000 bureaucrats. Therefore, the president actually doesn 't possess that power over the functions of this area.
The president of the United States has great and significant power, with the role of making crucial decisions for each individual citizen and for the nation as a whole. They use their ethical knowledge to determine which decision is best for the people and the documents needed to support it. Abraham Lincoln, one of the country’s most distinguished presidents, was a good human being with the right mindset and morals. His lifestyle shows his moral character and his many choices regarding slavery and the rights of African Americans. Lincoln also possessed many important virtues, like kindness and magnanimity to a high standard. Abraham Lincoln 's character led to the decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 which changed the
The poll I designed is titled, “Who Would You Back in the Oval Office.” Almost every eligible voter in America has some idea of whom they would like to see become the next President of the United States. Unfortunately, not every voter can have his or her way and have his or her first choice elected. Therefore, it is important to note whom the people of the United States would support in office. Just because a voter, for example, prefers Hillary Clinton as his or her first choice does not mean he or she does or does not support Bernie Sanders. This is the goal of the poll: to find out who the American people will support as the next President of the United States. Prior polls have fallen short in which the polls only ask participants who they would want in the Oval Office. Although this is important, it is vital to comprehend whom voters will support if their number one choice does not win. The “Who Would You Back in the Oval Office” poll seeks to address who the American people will be happy with in the White House.