On the recordDecember 15, 2016
The Constitution grants the President the exclusive authority to represent and to decide who else will represent the United States in foreign relations.
Source
presidency.ucsb.edu“The Constitution grants the President the exclusive authority to represent and to decide who else will represent the United States in foreign relations.”
Statement on Signing the Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act
Share
More from Barack Obama
I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.
If I had a blame pie for why politics is so polarised and why we're seeing a rise of populism in many places, it's because of that information that is going into our brains every day.
Other voices in this conversation