What specifically makes the president unpresidential as opposed to other presidents? Is it removals as a percentage of the estimated illegal immigrant population? The dramatic expansion of the power of the executive branch into the realm of national security? Number of U.S. citizens executed without trial? Those are all things which happened under previous presidencies.
> If the Republicans had done their job as well like usual
Is it really fair to argue that gatekeepers are effective if they failed to do what you view as their jobs? "If it wasn't for those meddling Republicans!"
I'd start with these:
* The scale of his well-documented aversion to the truth (18,000 lies + misleading statements, and counting)
* How he never rises above a situation and takes the high road
* The demonization of opponents, and the inability to engage meaningfully with opposition
* Removal of any oversight (even Nixon allowed oversight)
There are lots more.
Are you arguing the counter, that his personal behavior is in any way laudable? Do you think he's a good role model, and would want your children to emulate his behavior?
I don't have to think that he's a good role model to think that previous presidents have also violated human rights and eroded freedoms.
I wasn't complaining about the gatekeepers failing, just trying to share their perspective for those who might not understand.
FWIW, I think the best outcome would have been to deny Trump at the gate, and instead find a candidate who could get those policies done without being a danger to democracy.
The problem is that's anti-democratic because many of those gatekeepers are appointed rather than elected. At that point the gatekeepers may as well directly decide who the president is, because it has already been chosen regardless.