Wyantry wrote:
Not to mention his times as an airplane pilot (“piloting” America), a ship captain (“the ship-of-state”), a member of the military (“commander”-in-chief), a Naval Academy Cadet (appointee).
Likely the ether-fairy, a Santa-elf and a garden-gnome as well . . . .
I can assure you that he is not intelligent enough to be an elf for Santa.