The President and the House and Senate Majority

How much can the president put his or her thumb on the scale of the economy and move things, especially in the fairly short term? If I look at what a president does and how they spend their day, it's hard to see how they have much effect at all. Under this president, the fiscal stimulus was a useful thing and it probably saved. The unemployment rate might be a percentage point or even a little bit more lower as a result of what he did. But right now, for instance, I think a majority of economists would say that more fiscal stimulus is a good thing. Even if you were to convince the president of that, there's no way I know if it could make