[ObserverNeutral]

Whoever will solve it, then the person with the best social competence, speaking abilities and promotional power would get the merit.

And the best placed individual is the POTUS whoever he/she might be.

[spfzero]

Not sure. When I think of the assembly line, I remember Henry Ford, not the president at the time. Airplanes, the Wright brothers, discovery of DNA, Crick and Watson, etc. So there are counter examples, but I think you have a point that politicians do get to spin the message and take credit for things.

[rlonn]

Presidents dither around for four years but unless they screw an intern or start a reasonably large war, noone will remember them a decade later.

[philwelch]

> the person with the best social competence, speaking abilities and promotional power

I freely admit to being biased on this point, but this doesn’t read like a description of Kamala Harris.

[misiti3780]

I think I'm still confused - as of today (5/11/21), who do you think is doing more to solve climate change. VP Harris or E. Musk ?