President of the United States



The President of the United States of America (POTUS) was the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president lead the executive branch of the federal government and was the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. This position placed its holder in leadership of the pre-WWIII nation that had the largest economy by real and nominal GDP and the most expensive and thus most powerful military, with command authority over the largest active nuclear arsenal. The president was frequently described to be the most powerful person in the world as no other nation gave so much power to its chief executive in its constitution.

Article II of the U.S. Constitution vested the executive power of the United States in the president and charged him with the execution of federal law, alongside the responsibility of appointing federal executive, diplomatic, regulatory, and judicial officers, and concluding treaties with foreign powers with the advice and consent of the Senate. The president was further empowered to grant federal pardons and reprieves, and to convene and adjourn either or both houses of Congress under extraordinary circumstances. Since the founding of the United States, the power of the president and the federal government has grown substantially. Each modern president, despite possessing no formal legislative powers beyond signing or vetoing congressionally passed bills, was largely responsible for dictating the legislative agenda of his party and the foreign and domestic policy of the United States.

The president was indirectly elected by the people through the Electoral College to a four-year term, and was one of only two nationally elected federal officers, the other being the Vice President of the United States. The Twenty-second Amendment, adopted in 1951 CE, prohibited anyone from ever being elected to the presidency for a third full term. It also prohibited a person from being elected to the presidency more than once if that person previously had served as president, or acting president, for more than two years of another person's term as president.

As with all nations, this position was abolished in 2090 CE when United Earth was established. Most of the duties and powers were transferred to the administration of North America.