Few people understand how great the daily pressures are on a prime minister or a president. Instead they mostly observe the public persona, see their leaders in the context of tribal politics, and are variously entertained or exercised by the media coverage of what is said, done or ignored.
Irrespective, as holders of high office, all heads of government are required to consider and take decisions that are likely to affect a country and its citizen’s well-being for years or even decades ahead. They are expected to respond with wisdom and judgement to events at all hours, and have a view on everything from the banal to the very serious.
