Aislynn Martindale
Ms. Thompson
American Government February 3, 2018
Presidential Help Wanted Essay Many children grow up thinking how cool it would be to be the President of the united States of America one day. It is understandable because in the United States, it is a position that is given an enormous amount of prestige and actual power. The president is the focal point of our federal government so much so that it is called the presidential system, where the head of government leads an executive branch that is separate from a legislative branch and who also serves as the head of state. This is quite different than a parliamentary system of government, where the parliament or legislative body is elected by the people, and then the parliament
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This is because the president has many job duties he must fulfill. Just as the chief of an Indian tribe wears an elaborate headdress to let others know he is in charge, the president also wears many hats, in a figurative sense, to let others know he is in charge. In fact, there are roughly seven main roles or ‘hats that the president must wear’ during his tenure. The roles that a president fulfills are: Chief of State, Chief Executive, Chief Legislator, Commander-in-Chief, Chief of Diplomat, Chief of Party and Chief Citizen (Seven Roles for One President | …show more content…
As his role as Chief Executive, the President decides how the laws of the United States are to be enforced and chooses officials and advisers to help run the Executive Branch. For example, the President might appoint someone to serve as head of the Central Intelligence Agency or CIA (Seven Roles for One President | Scholastic) In our system of government, the president is the focal point of our federal government where the head of government (the president) leads an executive branch that is separate from a legislative branch and who also serves as the head of state called the presidential system of government. As head of the government, the president serves seven roles including: Chief of State, Chief Executive, Chief Legislator, Commander-in-Chief, Chief Diplomat, Chief of Party and Chief Citizen (Seven Roles for One President | Scholastic).
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