The elections have been a big part of this, but also very important is the idiots that have been appointed to jobs within the federal gov. The top guy gets appointed, and then names his buddies on down the line, who appoint their buddies, etc. You then have a network of non-elected bureaucrats that really control the gov. Many reports of Trumps minions lying to him, giving him bad information, which led to some mistakes. Also the point about getting someone through the placement process. The deck was stacked against him from the start. Amazing that he accomplished what he did while fighting congress, his own staff, and the bureaucrats.
