Naruto is following a path. The same as Jiraiya did. Jiraiya couldn't get the girl and couldn't save his friend. Naruto said that someone who can't save his friend isn't worthy of being hokage. Besides that Danzou was chosen because
otherwise Kakashi was probably chosen. And maybe Naruto is the strongest in the leaf village but he's an idiot as well. He can't possibly run a country. He would crash the economy by decreasing the ramenprice by law.
he used his sharingan ability to control the meeting