George Washington's Letter to the American Presidency (🇺🇸 US-UK🇬🇧 Edition)

What would George Washington make of the modern presidency?Not the politics. Not the parties. The presidency itself.In this imagined letter from the nation’s first president, Washington reflects on the purpose of executive power, the limits imposed by the Constitution, and the character required of those entrusted with preserving the republic.The question is not whether any one president succeeds or fails. The question is whether those who inherit the office understand that it was never intended to belong to them.A reflection on power, duty, restraint, and the obligations of republican government.This essay opens Season Four of Civics Unhinged.—DunneaginFull essay and the rest of the dispatches here → https://ai.paragraph.com/@civicsunhinged — free, by email, the day each one publishes. No fanfare, just the next one.☕ Reader editions and collected volumes: https://f-p-dunneagin-shop.fourthwall.com— Civics Unhinged | F.P. Dunneagin Get full access to ~ Civics Unhinged: Dispatches From Trumpistan ~ at dunneagin.substack.com/subscribe