From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-03-06 20:36, rbowman wrote:   
   > On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 11:41:29 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2026-03-06 03:14, rbowman wrote:   
   >>> On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 00:07:24 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 22:34:33 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 2026-03-05 21:54, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> You mean “Prime Minister” (Pedro Sanchez), not “President”.   
   >>>>>> Typically countries with Presidents are republics.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Still, the official term here is President of the Government.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Ah, I see.   
   >>>   
   >>> Trump got criticized when he called Keller-Sutter Prime Mister of   
   >>> Switzerland. Technically she was President but that's a rotating office   
   >>> of the Federal Council and has no special power. They don't have a real   
   >>> head of state that you can lay the blame on.   
   >>   
   >> Yes, it is confusing when each country works differently, there are many   
   >> systems. I can forget and talk of president when we have a president of   
   >> the government, whose role is similar to a prime minister.   
   >   
   > The ornamental kings and queens are what puzzles or fascinates US   
   > citizens.   
      
   Not everybody is proud of them, and want a republic instead.   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
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