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According to David Gergen the man elected president of the United States in November will face the most daunting foreign and domestic challenges since Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s. Gergen who has been an advisor to four U.S. presidents and who currently directs the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government equated the presidency to ”feeling a little like Gulliver in Lilliput.... Giant accomplishments are expected” even as presidential powers are not always what they seem. Gergen discussed today’s presidential candidates as well as former presidents at the recent Wharton Leadership Conference. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.