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Presidents Need to Visit the Troops
It’s how commanders in chief show soldiers they’re not forgotten.
And yet presidents need to visit the troops—it is a vital thing to do. Part of this is simply good leadership, because despite the cynics, most of the grunts want to see their president. For one thing, a president is, by definition, a celebrity, and the troops love celebrities—television or film stars, singers, you name it. They want the selfies and the signatures, and they get a kick out of watching the president serve Thanksgiving dinner or mug with a sweating, oil-stained mechanic. In that respect, they do not differ from their contemporaries in the civilian world.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/trump-needs-visit-troops/576973/
Presidents Need to Visit the Troops
It’s how commanders in chief show soldiers they’re not forgotten.
And yet presidents need to visit the troops—it is a vital thing to do. Part of this is simply good leadership, because despite the cynics, most of the grunts want to see their president. For one thing, a president is, by definition, a celebrity, and the troops love celebrities—television or film stars, singers, you name it. They want the selfies and the signatures, and they get a kick out of watching the president serve Thanksgiving dinner or mug with a sweating, oil-stained mechanic. In that respect, they do not differ from their contemporaries in the civilian world.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/trump-needs-visit-troops/576973/