“… he should take as his models among the animals both the fox and the lion, for the lion does not know how to avoid traps, and the fox is easily overpowered by wolves. So you must be a fox when it comes to suspecting a trap, and a lion when it comes to making the wolves turn tail.” I think this passage is useful for people who are running for the office in US today. As people who are running for the office, they need to be able to have these two qualities to hold on to the power to be leader. In old times, a leader should be strong enough to intimidate intruders and enemies. For example, a leader might show their power based on their armies or forces to scare away outsiders and protect their own territory. However, in the case of current time, I think the quality of lion means the ability to make people see you as a leader in addition to actual forces. It is important that people believe their leader as it will prevent unnecessary issues like rebelling against the leader. Power is built from the people, the leader will not be able to maintain his position without supporters. At the same time, if a leader does not know how to avoid trap, he will not be able to hold on to his power for long too as he will not be able to protect his position if someone is scheming to replace him. Not necessarily cunning, but it could be useful to outsmart the people who are scheming something harmful. It is also a way to avoid physical confrontations, like wars.  Though physical power is still important to protect people if and when there are attacks or it can act as a strong base. We try to avoid wars now, which is why the quality of fox is equally important because we can’t use physical force to solve for everything today. It would be a chaos and it will possibly lead to wars. Thus, a leader should be a “fox” and a “lion” at the same time as he is achieving greater peace for his people.