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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wonder how much of that is true for any president. Like did Obama get a “talk” when he became president?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    C. G. P. Grey's "Rules for Rulers" is illuminating on that front, but I don't think you mean soft power. I think you mean gangsters. And I think that most US presidents avoid such a thing by virtue of being the C in C of the biggest military on the planet. Though maybe they get a little bit of it from the Pentagon, I dunno.

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