[neogodless]

Influence is the enemy.

While we should not elect influential people, we want persuasive, charismatic people in office. Catch 22. But I much prefer presidential candidates I'd never heard of before the campaign cycle began to any celebrity.

But putting someone massively influential in the executive branch, so influential that they've negated the entire legislative branch, has crippled our guard-rails / checks and balances.

Just about every Republican member of congress cares more about what Trump will do if they do not fall in line. To be sure, the overall issue of partisanship does cross the aisle, and has been an issue for decades. But being quite so beholden to the President over constitutional rules and law is largely a new and devastating phenomena.