Michael Goodwin: Trump's unique talents make him a true leader – and have redefined what it means to be commander-in-chief
Michael Goodwin
If you need a laugh, try to imagine Joe Biden or any recent president holding court in the way Donald Trump is doing it.
To double the laugh, try to imagine any of the current presidential wannabes sitting in the big chair in the Oval Office.
It’s an impossible exercise because of how dramatically Trump is redefining what it means to be president of the United States.
His talents are vast and uniquely suited to the role he has created.
For the most recent and dramatic example, take Monday’s historic meeting of European leaders about Russia’s unrelenting invasion of Ukraine.
It was the kind of key event that, had it been held under past presidents or vice presidents, would have been smothered in formalities and endless bland statements.
Yet there was Trump, sitting behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, facing the heads of major allies, including Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and the leaders of NATO and the EU.
They were sitting in chairs, like so many students arrayed around their teacher.
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