So, the guy who has tried very hard to prevent refugees from a hideous war from entering the United States suddenly cared enough about the victims of that war to bomb an air field, inflicting so much damage that the air field was used the very next day to bomb more victims, just not with nerve agents. And for the Fareed Zakarias of the world, that made him presidential. War makes even the personification of a daily disaster presidential.
Well,
President Andrew Shepherd: What I did tonight was not about political gain.
Leon: Yes sir. But it can be, sir. What you did tonight was very Presidential.
President Andrew Shepherd: Leon, somewhere in Libya right now, a janitor's working the night shift at Libyan Intelligence Headquarters. He's going about doing his job... because he has no idea, in about an hour he's going to die in a massive explosion. He's just going about his job, because he has no idea that about an hour ago I gave an order to have him killed. You've just seen me do the least Presidential thing I do.
Of course: