I laughed out loud when I read this, but maybe if you reword it "effective presidencies" you could be right. I imagine those around him were doing all the pres

I laughed out loud when I read this, but maybe if you reword it "effective presidencies" you could be right. I imagine those around him were doing all the presidenting, and perhaps they're more effective without a functioning president to get in their way. Some might then point out things like the border were signs of ineffectiveness, but actually, if you reasonably assume it was intentional, then they were exceptionally effective.