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There is a certain attraction to the idea of having someone from the real world as President instead of a career politician. The last non-politician President we had was Eisenhower and he did a pretty good job. During his tenure the country was prosperous, at peace and committed to social justice. I Don’t know if Trump is the same kind of guy. Even a non-politician has to know when practice politics. It’s true that he’s a successful businessman but the difference is that the boss can tell his subordinates what to do what he wants them to do and that’s that. A politician has to convince his constituents to do the same thing. A President has to rule by consensus, not by fiat (something that the current occupant of the White House is still having trouble with). My feeling that is that Trump is not the guy we need.
NB. By non-politician I mean someone who held no other elective office before being elected President. Reagan was from the real world and also did a pretty good job. Carter was from the real world and did an execrable job. Both, however, held elective office before becoming President.