> Which is why I mentioned using certificate based authentication (AKA, client-side TLS certificates). Not only does the client verify that they're connecting to the correct server via the server side TLS certificate, the server can verify the client though the client cert.

"Software has no flaws" is not a strong position historically. I mean, the very fact that we're on TLS version 1.3 and not SSL 1.0 should be clue enough.

> Has our foreign policy towards Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, to name a few countries, changed significantly depending on whether someone from the Democratic or Republican Party is president?

This is a strawman meant to distract. You should instead ask "Are there significant benefits and incentives to set up a puppet government?" The answer to that is a very obvious yes. You can then ask "Is doing that easier if you can flip votes easily?" The answer to that is a very obvious yes.