{"id":19261,"date":"2017-01-17T05:04:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T05:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=19261"},"modified":"2017-01-17T05:04:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T05:04:24","slug":"hoping-the-presidency-shapes-the-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=19261","title":{"rendered":"Hoping the presidency shapes the man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I am going to offer a word of hope in something that none of us can guarantee will occur.<\/p>\n

It’s been said that the presidency either shapes the individual or the individual shapes the presidency.<\/p>\n

My sincere hope as we head toward the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 45th president of the United States that the former takes place.<\/p>\n

How will that present itself? Let’s start with the president-elect’s use of Twitter to make policy statements, to answer critics or to rattle the cages of foreign leaders.<\/p>\n

We cannot know how the new president will conduct himself once he takes the oath. Trump has demonstrated time and again a reluctance to adhere to established norms as it relates to transitioning from private citizens to the most public of officials.<\/p>\n

He says<\/em> he’ll dial back the use of Twitter as a communications tool. I hope he does. For that matter, I hope he eliminates<\/em> it and speaks with more reflection, nuance and decorum than he has shown through these Twitter tirades that come usually early in the morning.<\/p>\n

It\u00a0has been\u00a0said that here in Texas, Rick Perry remade the governor’s office. He turned a traditionally weak office into a more powerful venue. Perry served as governor longer than anyone in Texas history and left a virtually indelible mark on the office through the myriad appointments he made to the state’s highest courts and its many boards and commissions.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump will get to make a similar mark on the presidency through his own appointments. He’ll get to select a U.S. Supreme Court nominee, probably soon. I hope\u00a0that he tilts more toward a centrist appointment, which might be\u00a0yet another\u00a0indicator of the office shaping the individual who occupies it.<\/p>\n

Will the next president bow to the office or will he seek to remake it in his own image?<\/p>\n

I’ll keep hoping for the first thing to occur … and soon!<\/p>\n\n

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