Why is George Washington one of the greatest US Presidents of all time? There are more than one answer to this question, but one answer stands out: He voluntarily relinquished power with the end of his second term and thus set an example for the ages and for the world (see his Farewell Address).
All subsequent US Presidents followed this example except for one, which triggered the 22. Amendment to the US Constitution that was passed in 1951!
Now take the 46th President! Maybe his greatest and most unique opportunity to become famous and not a seriously failed senile, demented and corrupt US president was to resign early on in his term for health and mental reasons! He blew his best chance to be remembered on Mount Rushmore. I bet, you can also blame his longtime accomplice and wife Jill Biden for that.
The 46th President was probably the worst president since President Nixon (of Watergate Scandal fame) or even worse!
Last, but not least: Why has the US Congress never passed a constitutional amendment to limit the terms of representatives and senators like the president? This would be an urgent and crucial reform of the Democracy in America (Alexis de Tocqueville)!
My suggestion would be maximal 20 years irrespective of the chamber.
Had these kind of term limits been passed, Joseph Biden may have never become the president of the US.
A printing of George Washington's Farewell Address in the Virginia Herald on 9/23/1796
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