How could you get a President of the United States, out of disatisfaction with Congress, going over their heads to directly appeal to the American people by calling for a general strike?
What like the whole country?
Yes, that's what I meant.
So every sector across the country to just go on strike? Police, fire services, hospitals, farmers, labourers... You realize that would be devastating for a nation's economy right? You would run it into the ground. No president would ever suggest it, nor would everybody take such a call seriously, they'd think he'd lost his mind. I cna guarantee he wouldn't be president for long.
or the president could go on hunger strike. thus showing an example of democracy for the whole nation.Why not executive-order a federal holiday or period or mourning?
The Head of State's going to be a member of the ruling class. Their own workers rising up against them is the worst situation for them.