The last full-fledged adult to occupy the Oval Office: George H.W. Bush
All five presidents who followed him—six, if we count Donald Trump twice—don’t really seem like presidents as much as simulacra of presidents.
They all knew—or know—how a president is supposed to sound and act and gesticulate, and tried their best to do that.
But Bush Sr. was not a simulation of anything
Remarks to the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of the Ukraine in Kiev, Soviet Union 1991
https://bush41library.tamu.edu/archives/public-papers/3267
The Free Press 16 February 2025
https://www.thefp.com/p/things-worth-remembering-a-new-world
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