From a makeshift studio, in a closet in Alexandria, Virginia, I'm Tim Desher, and this is Heritage Explains.

How do you view the president?

Not necessarily President Trump or any one particular president.

Rather, the office of the president and the power that comes with it.

When we watch movies, we sometimes see a president of the United States making an incredible speech to rally citizens to defend a common enemy.

Remember Harrison Ford in Air Force One when he looked in the camera and said directly to the enemy,

it's your turn to be afraid.

Or better yet, how about Bill Pullman in the movie Independence Day when before fighting the aliens, he declared a new Independence Day for the entire world.

Such incredible displays of leadership and presidential power.

I think this clip of Daniel Day Lewis in the movie Lincoln sums it up pretty well.

Buzzard's guts, man.

I am the president of the United States of America clothed in immense power.

Now, most of these movie speeches are typically received with cheers.

It's a picture of unity and support after the president flexes his muscles and takes control

of an out-of-control situation.

Now, stop the movie and come back to reality.

With the Chinese virus, we are indeed fighting an enemy, and President Trump is trying to rally

support. But unlike the

movies, powerful leadership is not always greeted with cheers and applause. Here's New York

Governor Andrew Cuomo in response to a question about President Trump suggesting an enforceable

quarantine for New York.

I don't even know what that means. I don't know how that could be legally enforceable.

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