This brings up a question: does Trump own the American Treasury?
I see the PM of my country at Starbucks sometimes and he looks like any other office drone but he makes billion euro decisions every day.
I mean, there are countries where the President personally controls the Treasury, and you can usually spot them by the enourmous statutes and portraits of the Leader.
No, Congress controls that, and they're elected by the American people, who ultimately own it.
Here's a more interesting example: https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/en-gb/resources/faqs/
> The Crown Estate belongs to the reigning monarch 'in right of The Crown', that is, it is owned by the monarch for the duration of their reign, by virtue of their accession to the throne. But it is not the private property of the monarch - it cannot be sold by the monarch, nor do revenues from it belong to the monarch.
Trump is also elected by the American people, though, right?
https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/
They're more than halfway there. I'm all in favor of the movement, and am holding out hope we'll see it click into place in the next decade or so.
We've warned you about this numerous times already. I don't want to ban you, but if you keep doing this we're going to have to.
Depends on what you mean by "own". I would use "able to decide how it is used". So I would say that Mark Zuckerberg "owns" Facebook because he has a controlling interest (although he does not own 100% of the stock). I would say that Donald Trump does not "own" the US Treasury because our form of government contains checks and balances.