Relationship Essay: Presidency Domestic And Foreign Powers

Presidency Domestic and Foreign Powers Widalvasky argues that presidents tend to be more focused on foreign affairs rather than domestic affairs. This claim stems from the fact that one of the enumerated power the constitution grants to the President in to negotiate treaties. Throughout the course of history, we have seen presidents become more involved in domestic affairs, particularly during time of crisis. Presidents like Lincoln and FDR. In fact the United States can be said to have “Two Presidencies” , the domestic presidency and the foreign presidency. These two have different levels of powers and varies on how the president can act. However, they have also changed the way they manage foreign affairs. Today, it is true that the president is much more present in domestic affairs than previous office holders. However, there still seems to be a tendency of the president being more focused and active on foreign affairs. One could argue that today the United …show more content…
This is still true today. However, the presidency can be divided into two, the domestic and the foreign presidency. Because the president has less power vested in him by the constitution to act domestically, there does seem to be more emphasis on foreign affairs. Presidents tend to be more focused on foreign affairs today because there is more freedom in exercising their executive power. And even when there is a check on their power implemented by the constitution the president finds a way around it. By calling military action as “conflicts” instead of war, or by engaging on executive agreements rather than treaties. While the president throughout the course of history has become more involved in domestic affairs, there still seem to be more focus on foreign affairs. This is due to the fact that in foreign affairs the president is able to exercise his executive power more