If I were President of the United States, I wouldn’t begin with a policy.
I’d begin with a confession:
We’ve been misled.
Not just by politicians.
By a system of power that rewards spectacle over substance,
performance over principle,
and fear over truth.
And the deeper I look, the more disturbing it becomes.
Not just because of what power is doing—
but because of what we’ve come to accept as normal.
We are being governed by people who smile while they harm.
Who quote scripture and strip away rights.
Who invoke the Constitution while undermining everything it stands for.
This is not politics.
This is propaganda in a democracy costume.
It’s a stage play—with no exit—for the honest, the working, and the poor.
And we keep applauding like it's a show.
But this isn’t a show.
This is our country.
This is us.
We must face this:
The character of power in America has changed.
Power today is:
Disconnected from truth
Immune to shame
Addicted to control
And divorced from accountability
It does not serve. It consumes.
It does not lead. It manipulates.
It does not rise on merit. It floats on noise.
That’s not just a leadership problem.
That’s a symptom of a people misled.
We have been programmed to worship charisma and ignore character.
To mistake volume for strength.
To believe that cruelty is clarity and division is destiny.
But the real tragedy?
We know better.
Deep down, we know that real leadership looks like humility.
It looks like sacrifice.
It looks like service to someone other than yourself.
But we’ve been trained—by headlines, by echo chambers, by fear—to doubt our own compass.
To mock what is good and reward what is loud.
If I were President, I wouldn’t just call out corruption.
I’d call for character.
I’d ask every American:
Do you want to be governed by those who reflect your highest self—or your darkest fear?
Are you ready to stop confusing cruelty with strength?
Will you finally demand that power be bound by truth again?
Because if we don’t change the standard, we’ll never change the outcome.
Let’s be real:
We’ve watched elected officials threaten democracy for applause.
We’ve seen candidates raise money off of suffering.
We’ve seen entire parties bend the knee to a single man—because standing for principle is no longer profitable.
That is not governance.
That is idolatry.
And idolatry always ends the same way:
With silence from the good, and suffering for the rest.
If I were President, I’d break the fantasy.
I’d remind us that power without character is not leadership—it’s danger in a suit.
And if we do not demand better, we will continue to get worse.
So what do we do?
We return to the basics:
Tell the truth, even when it hurts.
Serve without seeking attention.
Protect the vulnerable instead of exploiting them.
Lead with empathy, not just efficiency.
That’s the character we need.
That’s the character we must demand.
That’s the character that turns a crowd into a country.
This Is Us—and this is our moment of reckoning.
The mirror is in front of us now.
What we do next will decide whether power returns to service—
or whether we keep mistaking the stage for the state.
Because a nation can survive hardship.
It can survive division.
It can even survive broken systems.
But it cannot survive the loss of its character.
Next up: Episode 5 – “Compassion Is a Civic Virtue”
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