The d’état started with Nixon.
Actually, Truman.
Correct.
Now, it's just totally out of control. Starts in kindegarten, reinforced in J schools (heck, even in engineering schools), the entire Media onslaught plus Hollywood.
They became really, really full of themselves after they claimed Nixon’s scalp. Can you imagine how they’re gonna be if they manage to drag Obozo across the finish line with his laughable joke of a record?