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I think it tells us much about the lack of manoeuvrability within the institution of POTUS - what may seem like a position which would allow the individual to express/follow their own values actually sits in a system adept at 'explaining' to the incumbent why they need to do something different... some willingly go along with it, some not so much, but the ability to break out of the narrow confines is more difficult than observers presume, I suspect