The American colonists might have agreed, but they wanted to have a say in the decision. They wanted the right to vote about their own taxes, like the people living in Britain. But no colonists were permitted to serve in the British Parliament. So they protested that they were being taxed without being represented.
In 1947, President Harry S. Truman pledged that the United States would help any nation resist communism in order to prevent its spread. His policy of containment is known as the Truman Doctrine.
The president's most fundamental power is the power to persuade. If they didn't have it, they wouldn't be presidents for starters. If they're good at it, they will also persuade the people and the congress to pass pieces of legislature that was created during the term of that president.
