Conway's advice to White House staff: Don't treat Trump like a peer

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54. Technically he is a peer, and we are his.

(Ignoring the obvious pun)

"Peer" is not a title. The President, despite his job and the responsibility he holds, is an American citizen. Elected politicians are employees of the people and (aside from a few legal technicalities) holds no specific elevated status than anyone else as might be true in a monarchy. Nobody is required to bow to him nor should be considered offensive for using his name.

From vocab.com:

A peer is someone at your own level. If you are a 10th grader, other high school students are your peers.
Peer comes from the Latin par which means equal. When you are on par with someone, you are their peer. If kids your age are pressuring you to do something you don't want to do, that's peer pressure. In the sport of basketball, Michael Jordan was without peer, no one could equal his talent. When he switched to baseball, he found himself to be among peers again.