“Therefore, the American people have wisely established a custom against allowing any man to hold that office for more than two consecutive terms. But every shred of power which a President exercises while in office vanishes absolutely when he has once left office. An ex-President stands precisely in the position of any other private citizen, and has not one particle more power to secure a nomination or election than if he had never held office at all, indeed, he probably has less because of the very fact that he has held the office.” - Theodore Roosevelt
So I guess you say that when one is no longer President, they don’t have the soft ~power~ of public influence?? Because obviously that’s what I am talking about.
didn’t Clinton sign pardons and stuff on his way out? Like literally on the way for the Bush inaugural?