On Monday January 20 next year the newly elected US president – the country’s 47th – will repeat this oath at the Capitol in Washington DC:
I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
It is a noble ambition to win the right to speak these words. This is the most important elected office in the world. But when we consider the ambition of the two presidential candidates we are confronted by two very different approaches to this role, two different concepts of leadership and service.
