The president, through the executive branch, has a great amount of power. Quoting the Wikipedia article on executive orders:<p>&gt; executive orders have significant influence over the internal affairs of government, deciding how and to what degree legislation will be enforced, dealing with emergencies, waging 72-hour length strikes on enemies, and in general fine-tuning policy choices in the implementation of broad statutes.<p>It goes on to say:<p>&gt; Two extreme examples of an executive order are Franklin Roosevelt&#x27;s Executive Order 6102 &quot;forbidding the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental United States&quot; and Executive Order 9066, where Roosevelt delegated military authority to remove any or all people in a military zone (used to target Japanese Americans and German Americans in certain regions). The authority delegated to General John L. DeWitt subsequently paved the way for all Japanese-Americans on the West Coast to be sent to internment camps for the duration of World War II.<p>This &quot;puppet&quot; has much power.