The President who follows Donald Trump will need to undo tremendous damage done to the office. Whether the next President’s party has a majority in either the House or the Senate doesn’t matter for much of the rehabilitation of the office and our international relationship with friends and others.

The next President must value truth and civility as their most important quality. The people must be able to believe what the President says on those rare occasions when speaking to Americans or the world’s leaders and public.

No matter what race, ethnic, gender, or belief the next President has, sensibility must be a given and all to be treated with the same respect. The administration should go after those people and groups which want to overthrow the government by force or by social media. Reducing the divisiveness of America by Americans who hide behind anonymous social media must be curtailed. Foreign interference must be publicly disclosed and substantial responses must be made to make interfering unacceptable and costly.

The next President must repair relations with our traditional friends by making them the early calls after taking office. Our NATO allies were there for us after 9-11 when the defense article came into effect for the first time. Perhaps a quick visit to all the countries we have dishonored – that would not be a short trip!

Much will need to be done to remake our country the leader of the free world again and the country the world looks to for help and direction, and our enemies for limits. The next President must be a healer and a real leader here and around the world.