That's a poor excuse. But exactly the type of thinking that has kept this country mired in mediocrity. "It can't be done (sniffle, sniffle). The mean ol' President won't let me (sniffle, sniffle)".
Pathetic.
Ranks right up there with James Comey's lame excuse for not going after Hitlery.
Lord, give your people some backbone!
“Lord, give your people some backbone!”
There’s a difference between “backbone” and wasting your time on exercises in futility.