Question: that leads me to my next question, is the other thing and reading the book is that it reminded me of the personal connection that people felt with you. like you'd see it on the campaign. it's not just that people wanted to get close to you and touch you, they wanted to give you things. they wanted to give you their service medals. they wanted to give you their lucky charms. you have to admit that trump evoked something similar, albeit with different people — obviously different people to some degree, but why do you think that is? and it does make me wonder whether there was something about our system that may or may not be broken that requires this sort of outsized personality or personal connection with people. you say in the book, the most important things you did were things that nobody saw, but maybe is that possible that that's not true, that they've got to see it to believe it or something. i mean, i am curious about your take on why it is that people seem to react to some people, different people but people reacted to trump in the same way. they want it to be next to him.
Answer: i do think that because we're not in a parliamentary system, because unlike places like great britain where you separate out the head of state from the head of government — you've got the queen, who's the ceremonial, figurehead and symbol of the country and then you've got a prime minister who's grinding away and just doing policy. here those roles are combined and the president ends up being not just the chief executive of the federal government but also is expected to be a cheerleader, pastor, coach, entertainer. and some of that is how dominant media now is in getting people elected. and what that means is that if you are able to make a connection with people, through television and now the internet, you can get a lot of power even if you're not necessarily paying a lot of attention to what's happening from a governance perspective. that was true with ronald reagan. that was true with others. the question then is, alright, let me put it this way, i think the big difference between a ronald reagan and donald trump is at least reagan presided over an era where he still understood it was important to have people around him who knew what they were doing and were paying attention, to running the government. what you saw over the last four years with donald trump, i think is just celebrity for celebrity's sake and all the pomp and all the sizzle and not much of the steak, but
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  that leads me to my next question, is the other thing and reading the book is that it reminded me of the personal connection that people felt with you. like you'd see it on the campaign. it's not just that people wanted to get close to you and touch you, they wanted to give you things. they wanted to give you their service medals. they wanted to give you their lucky charms. you have to admit that trump evoked something similar, albeit with different people — obviously different people to some degree, but why do you think that is? and it does make me wonder whether there was something about our system that may or may not be broken that requires this sort of outsized personality or personal connection with people. you say in the book, the most important things you did were things that nobody saw, but maybe is that possible that that's not true, that they've got to see it to believe it or something. i mean, i am curious about your take on why it is that people seem to react to some people, different people but people reacted to trump in the same way. they want it to be next to him.
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  i do think that because we're not in a parliamentary system, because unlike places like great britain where you separate out the head of state from the head of government — you've got the queen, who's the ceremonial, figurehead and symbol of the country and then you've got a prime minister who's grinding away and just doing policy. here those roles are combined and the president ends up being not just the chief executive of the federal government but also is expected to be a cheerleader, pastor, coach, entertainer. and some of that is how dominant media now is in getting people elected. and what that means is that if you are able to make a connection with people, through television and now the internet, you can get a lot of power even if you're not necessarily paying a lot of attention to what's happening from a governance perspective. that was true with ronald reagan. that was true with others. the question then is, alright, let me put it this way, i think the big difference between a ronald reagan and donald trump is at least reagan presided over an era where he still understood it was important to have people around him who knew what they were doing and were paying attention, to running the government. what you saw over the last four years with donald trump, i think is just celebrity for celebrity's sake and all the pomp and all the sizzle and not much of the steak, but