How much more?commonsense wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 2:05 pmGoogle, Wikipedia and you have described one who is in charge, but a leader connotes much more.Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 6:06 amA leader is simply one who leads a group of people toward some objectives or goals.commonsense wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 3:05 pm
A leader is always prepared, stakes his honor on doing his duty to his constituents, keeping himself morally straight, physically strong and mentally awake, and on helping others at all possible times. A leader is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, knows how to be a follower, is cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent. A leader always leads by example. A leader focuses on two valuable priorities: the welfare of his constituents and the accomplishment of their goals. A leader is never self-glorifying, self-centered or self-infatuated. A leader is not narcissistic, pompous or smug. A leader must not be egomaniacal, vain or conceited. A leader has tendencies to be selfless, generous, warm-hearted, beneficent, charitable, altruistic, valorous, gallant, unswerving and reassuring.
Trump is no leader.
In the case of the President of the USA, his leadership and objectives are defined within his 'signed and agreed' terms of employment.leader = the person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country.
-Google dictionary
Before the leader is chosen, his moral character may count.
But after the leader is chosen, his moral characters and other not so pleasant traits are put aside [assumed to be accepted to a degree] and the focus is then on whether the leader can lead the group, organization, or country to the agreed objectives within his terms of employment with his employer.
Most people are not mindful of the above points bolded.
I did extensive and was very into 'leadership theory,'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership
One of the types of leadership is 'Situational Leadership' where the moral character of the leader is not the most critical but rather his abilities to perform "optimally" within the specific situations, note;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadershi ... y_theories
Note this fact and requirement for a leader in the specific situation;
Individuals who take on leadership roles in turbulent situations, such as groups facing a threat or ones in which status is determined by intense competition among rivals within the group, tend to be narcissistic: arrogant, self-absorbed, hostile, and very self-confident.
-wiki
Trump with his warts and all, is a situational-leader as chosen and contracted for the current situation the US is placed within the world at present.
If Trump is that so very bad obviously and evidently, he would not have been elected by the 'majority' of the US.
So much as to be perfect?
Who set the limit and criteria?
As I had stated we need to be professional and objective in this case regarding the leader of a nation, i.e. perform an employee appraisal on the person in alignment with his terms of employment to arrive at a judgment rather than jumping to conclusion hastily based on confirmation bias and cognitive dissonances.
Here is an interesting note;
- Worker to Biden: You are Working for me, man!
https://youtu.be/KPig-AllQe8?t=51
Thus he is entitled to do an Employee Appraisal on Biden.
Now that Trump is President, he is 'working' [under employment] to all Citizens of the USA, thus an objective Employee Appraisal should be done on Trump via due process by anyone who want to judge Trump's performance as the President.