"The wall just got ten feet taller."

Let's start with some of Donald J. Trumps promises for his presidency:

-Build a big wall at the Mexican Border, and make Mexico pay for that wall.

-Repeal Obama-Care and replace it with something that benefits everyone.

-Get rid of common core education.

-Ban foreign Muslims from entering America.

-Survey Mosques in America very closely.

-Prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

-Prevent the outsourcing of jobs.

And many many more promises. But let's talk about our current president's former promises:

-Double the amount of money for cancer research. (Failed)

-Give Iraqi refugees $2 billion in aid. (Failed)

-Double funding for after school activities. (Failed)

-Give illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. (Failed)

-Stop racial profiling by federal law enforcement. (Failed)

-Give a drastic increase in minimum wage. (Failed)

And many, many more failed promises.

The main point is, whoever is elected president will fail to carry out a high percentage of their plans for the future. In primary school, we are taught about this sacred system of "checks and balances", but when you think about it, the president has little to no power in the Federal government. Legislation gives the President of the United States three powers: veto bills, pardon criminals, and the title of commander in chief. Vetoing bills hardly counts as a power when you consider the fact that congress can overturn the veto with a two-thirds vote. The act of pardoning criminals hardly impacts the average American's life in a large way; president Obama has only exercised this power nine times in his eight years, not including the annual pardoning of turkeys on Thanksgiving. And even if the president is a commander of the armed forces, he hardly has any pull in decisions against numerous generals who were trained to make tactical decisions (Not to mention that only congress has the power to declare war. The president can also appoint justices to the Supreme Court, which only occurs every couple of terms, and congress has to approve those the president appoints.

So in reality, it is one person compared to nine Supreme Court justices and 535 members of the legislative branch. The only time the president is truly relevant is in times of elections, when we reflect on "how horrible the last president was" and "how promising Bernie Sanders is." Even though we know that neither Trump nor Bernie will make America great again.

The candidates promises are as empty as the promises of people on Twitter saying they'll move to Canada if Trump wins.