• DahGangalang
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    7 months ago

    Au contraire Mon ami, I think the community has mistaken what I mean (probably my fault, I didn’t think my original comment through very thoroughly and accept responsibility if I communicated it poorly).

    I mean to imy that Biden has made good choices in his appointments, but that his ability to speak and his general lack of charisma are the reason he’s not trumping Trump (pun intended) in the polling for the upcoming election.

    I would define Trump as a strong, but bad, leader due to his charisma and ability to take ownership for his people’s actions (even if he takes “liberties” in defining who “his people” are). In my workplace, I would want someone who speaks highly of the actions of me and my team.

    I don’t see that from Biden.

    As such, I would not describe Biden as a strong leader, but with the caveat that “Good” and “strong” exist on independent axes of the “leadership chart”.

    • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      the reason he’s not trumping Trump (pun intended) in the polling for the upcoming election

      Honestly, don’t even bother with polls this far out. At best, we’re still 6 months away from the election and much can change in that time period. And that doesn’t even get into how bad polling has been in the last handful of elections, and how badly MAGA politicians have been performing compared to their polling.

      I would define Trump as a strong, but bad, leader due to his charisma and ability to take ownership for his people’s actions

      LOL Trump taking ownership of other peoples’ actions? Can you elaborate, because I can’t think of any time he’s taken any bad heat for another person. Hell, he wont even take criticism for his own actions. At best you can make the argument that he steals credit and assigns blame, which is what a bad leader does.

      I would not describe Biden as a strong leader

      Well yeah, if you describe a bad leader as strong, of course a good leader is going to be weak by your definition.