[stasomatic]

No, I am from the states, just been ignorant until it started bugging me. I'm sad that one geezer can turn the rest of the world against us without our say so and now we are wholesale opted in as villains. Not that the past was rosy, but it was more gentleman-ish? I am out of my depth here, just frustrated.

[TheCoelacanth]

This is a problem that has always existed in presidential systems. The US is extremely unusual in having made it work for this long.

[Amezarak]

> without our say so

The election was our say so. "We" collectively voted for this.

[bee_rider]

It’s not just one geezer, Congress also agrees with him (at least in the sense that they aren’t willing to take advantage of any of the leverage they have to stop him). The midterm elections will be the people’s chance to express how they feel about it all.