Posted on 11/30/2017 11:46:51 AM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
It may be more a "head of state" thing than a "head of government" thing.
As the president is officially at the top of the whole tree, those in government "serve under" him even if they're not of his party.
Or it may just be a temporal thing -- "under" meaning "at the time of" or "during the term of."
Broken click right twice a day
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