He Said What?! 3 Life Lessons from Donald Trump

3. WHO IS PRESIDENT MATTERS

I used to think it didn’t matter who was elected president. I had a preference, but I figured the republic would stand no matter what.

That was naïve. We will be at war or not, have health insurance or not, have interstate highways or not, depending on who is in office.

Economists will tell you a president really doesn’t have much effect on the economy – it has its own cycles – but the president’s response may determine whether we have jobs or, in the case of the 2008 crash, whether the world economy escapes depression.

From day care to death tax, what happens in our personal lives is affected by who is serving as president.

Trump has taught us that a president’s personality and temperament might matter even more than specific policies. What governs the person will govern the nation.

Is the president driven by anger, fear and blame? Or confidence and equanimity? The nuclear codes will be used, or not, according to the world view of one person.

It matters who is president.