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Yeah but he can't elevate nationally and that really limits his splash. If the right wing media keep hyping him up that increases his profile but ultimately he's still only the mayor, even if it is NYC, he's not eligible to run for President and that's where the real danger would be.
So you're looking at him maybe turning into Bernie 2.0 is he became a Senator but without the ability to run for President.
I really don't think a president of the United States is all that powerful. Trump can't pull off anything if his party is against him, or if he doesn't have any powerful friends.
I don't get why people in America hype up the role of president so much.
The 3 branches of government in the US are supposed to be equal, but as the Congress and the Supreme Court are captured by the same party, Republicans, it allows there Republican President to do anything they want. There has always been varying degrees of this based on majority/minority roles in Congress or the Supreme Court but dialed up to 11 now with Trump. The Presidential office has been accumulating power since the days of FDR and WW2, sped up during Nixon and Vietnam, sped up again during Reagan, sped up again during W. Bush and 9/11, and now it just off the charts.
In practice, the office is afforded quite a bit of unilateral power. Yes, other parts of the government can counteract, but at least in practice by default the executive branch can do quite a bit.
Well that definitely used to be true. Now though?
The president can break any law he wants to break and cannot be held accountable even laws enshrined in the constitution, and the SCOTUS which is supposed to be a check on his power are enabling him instead.
The other branch of government is controlled by his lackeys who are afraid to defy him.
At this point the POTUS has all the power of a dictator.