The President of the United States Is Not the Most Powerful Person on Earth

Bernadette Myler is a professor at Cornell Law School who specializes in the Constitution and executive power. She says President can do some things, but just not by any stretch the most powerful person on earth. Her top five areas are as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy; to stop a war of his own accord: "For example, stopping the war at Afghanistan is really the President's decision" A final area is really a power in relation to negotiating with foreign countries : "Negotiating with foreign leaders is a very significant presidential power"