I went to college in the 1970s, when Richard Neustadt's theories about How To Be President were all the rage. Because the presidency was institutionally weak—theoretically, anyway—a president had to find ways around that institutional weakness to do his job. Down with apathetic Ike. Up with the energetic Kennedys! Vigah! Counterinsurgency! Pay no attention to what's going on over there in Southeast Asia.

What I took away most from it all was that every president is president in his own way. We have another demonstration of that today. President* Nutsy Fagan is back.

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We should start an immediate investigation into @SenSchumer and his ties to Russia and Putin. A total hypocrite! pic.twitter.com/Ik3yqjHzsA — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 3, 2017

This is an interesting way to be president. It's like being governed by some guy on hold for a talk show.

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Charles P. Pierce Charles P Pierce is the author of four books, most recently Idiot America, and has been a working journalist since 1976.

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