that all of these things are total up to him, as though at a whim his will be done shadowing jesus himself. This is not the case and it never will be, as long as the U.S. exists and we follow our current Constitution. Now, now, the strongest power of Presidency really boils down to three things and I think that our interviewee really hit one of them on the head. You hit the other on the head, and one has yet to be mentioned. -(Interviewee's point) Foreign Policy (Not economic) -(Your only good point) Power to appoint (which is not the same as having the positions himself!) -(Unmentioned) Power to veto Congress (which can prevent legislation that he finds undesirable unless his veto is overuled) Now you might disagree. You think that when a president gives a speech or says certain things, promotes certain bills in Congress, that he has a rippling effect on the economy. You might even go so far as to assume that this is a direct control (which it is not). This would not be incorrect but to attempt to quantify his power, or assume the power exists just based on the implications of words that every citizen of our country can interpret in their own fashion and may pay absolutely no attention is simply ludicrious. The powers of the president are not unlimited. Your original argument makes it sound like the President runs the Fed, the Board of Governors, micro-manages his entire cabinant, choses