If he does, it will be because of an America that has lost courage. The America of even 50 years ago would have tarred and feathered him, in effigy if not in reality.
We can’t just sit and blame politicians and then go our way exonerated of all responsibility.
The politician’s stance is based on how they perceive public opinion. if the public is perceived as moral, principled, responsible, and independent. The politician will govern according to Constitutional principles. If the public is perceived as immoral, degenerate, unprincipled, corrupt, dependent, and weak, the politician will govern as a tyrant. Feathering his nest and seizing power. In essence, the public’s actions tell how the politician will act.