Trump’s presidency continues that experiment, as does the competition among the candidates seeking the Democratic nomination to oppose him in 2020. “It’s made me think differently about what it takes to be elected president. In 2016, Hillary Clinton claimed the Democratic nomination, the first woman to do so in a major party, and she, too, lost. He had served in the U.S. Senate only since 2005 when he was elected president. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s military career included Washington experience and the invaluable role as commander of the allied forces that liberated the European continent from the Nazis.

Source: Washington Post May 18, 2019 21:56 UTC