So? If you're directly elected by the people you can behave how you damn well please? Except trump isn't because you have the electoral college. I live in the

So? If you're directly elected by the people you can behave how you damn well please? Except trump isn't because you have the electoral college. I live in the UK, on paper we have an absolutely terrible version of democracy. No constitution, and un elected head of state. Compared to pre pull out Afghanistan it sucks. And yet we are still here. Perfect on paper democracy isn't the be all and end all. It's about institutional culture. The EU has a much better democratic culture than the US does.