Would "president" be capitalized in the second person?

Lower case unless it's being used as a title, e. g. President Obama or Madame President (whether a name is attached to this title or not).

Is this a conversation? Then if someone is speaking to or about the President of the United States, in a conversation about the role of president, then use "President."

Do I see a contradiction there?

capitalizing any such title only encourages the one holding the title to feel important, we must do all we can to make such people feel less important, it's not about them, it's about us, folks they work for

and enough of this honourable **** when talking about politicians, that's a title you earn, not get elected to

I want the President to feel important. He works for me. As a general rule, making the people who work for me feel important is a good thing for productivity and morale.

i feel politicians could use a little humility, if not outright humiliation

i shouldn't have used the word people in my first post, people deserve respect and admiration, politicians not so much, if at all

Would you feel differently if you found out that politicians were people?

impossible

Surely nobody would let the title of president go to their heads.