İlerde ne olmak istiyorsun?
- What do you want to be in the future?
Tom'un yerinde olmak istemem.
- I wouldn't like to be in Tom's shoes.
See here what it says in Wiktionary. So, you were in the wrong about the meaning of that word.
... Was something wrong? ...
... the ' and the president's statement of my policy is completely and totally wrong. ...