As to your first paragraph, -I don't mean to Braggingly Toot my own Horn! But Put me there in Washington or the White House! And I seriously think I can do a Darned Good Job of Leading and Protecting this Country! NOT that I seriously want to do such! But hypothetically given the Position, -I think that I Materially Very Well Can!, Lead so! I've Got the "Spirit and Sense of it All"! As well as much other National Security and Defense / Nuts and Bolts of it all Sense, here.

Like an Old Man I used to Know said, -"If I were President! / You just Make me President, ...-I'll Straighten this Country Out!".