Trump is the kinglike president many feared when arguing over the US Constitution in 1789 – and his address to Congress showed it
theconversation.com
When the US Constitution was written, many people − from those who wrote the document to those on the outside who read it − believed that endowing the president with kinglike powers was dangerous.
  • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    The Electoral College was put in place, at least in part, exactly to stop the public at large from electing someone like Trump.