“The problem with constantly making every personal slight into a four-alarm fire is that it devalues the prestige...”
You need to get off that horse. You must not know the history of previous leaders and presidents, such as Andrew Jackson, who killed people in duels, or Lincoln, who cut with barbs.
If you’re suggesting that either was non-stop rolling in the mud with their opponents, I’d say you’re inventing analogies without historic foundation.