Why does Donald Trump have this much power to begin with? Because regardless of the (numerous) faults of democracy in general, and American democracy in partic

Why does Donald Trump have this much power to begin with? Because regardless of the (numerous) faults of democracy in general, and American democracy in particular, 77 million people actively stood up and said "This is what I want". Tens of millions more knew perfectly well that this is what would happen, and chose not to intervene. I would say that this is the root cause of the problem. Maybe in a better system, those 77 million people wouldn't have been the dominant force. But it's clear that this is not just one person exploiting a loophole. He has the support of tens of millions of people. I'd also say that this is entirely about ending centralized power. The EPA only exists because the federal government compels it on everybody. This is ending federal involvement.