Originally Posted by Rochard

There is where Trump and his utter lack of experience shows. He doesn't begin to understand the basic concept of what being the President really is.

Trump seems to think he is the President of the United States, he is the leader, and he can do whatever he wants. This is not his private business where he gets to do what he wants. He has to answer to hundreds of millions of Americans - and then also billions of other people.

What he did today was a perfect example. The President does not just pick up the phone and call the leader of another country. While the President sure can pick up the phone and call the leader of another country, doing so without consulting the state department and reviewing the hundred year history of how we handle specific foreign issues is downright careless. With a single phone call and a single press release, he pissed off China and then insulted them, damaged relations, made an ass out of himself, and accomplished nothing. He accomplished nothing at all.

He is trying to bypass the government and doesn't understand he is the government.

This is going to be comical. Every other interaction he has with a foreign power or a government agency will cause issues and drama. He won't be able to get anything done.