the cynical take is: that’s the whole point of the presidency in the first place. Have one guy who is technically in charge of the machine, the machine commits

the cynical take is: that’s the whole point of the presidency in the first place. Have one guy who is technically in charge of the machine, the machine commits countless crimes, then after 4/8 years you pin all those crimes on the single guy you selected, go “whoops! bummer about the drone strikes!” and then pardon him.