Exactly, but the problem is Trump is too old and senile to understand that, and so much of his support base is just too idiotic and out of touch to understand that, even if they should know better.
This is just what we are working with.
Unfortunately, we elected the wrong people to Congress, and we reelected them even after they failed us. The people we elect to Congress are supposed to be the ones guarding against this malfunctioning executive branch, but we decided to elect these worthless congresspeople.
That bears so much emphasis because they get forgotten in these discussions so often as they try to shift blame to the other branches.