It’s not easy being the leader of a country. You’re supposed to represent the hopes and dreams of millions of people, so a lot of them tend to look up to you. They need to respect what they see, and believe that you know what you’re doing, which means you have to be a pretty good actor. They think of you as one of their more accomplished countrymen (because misogyny), as someone supposedly better educated, more intelligent, and possibly even kinder than everyone else. They want you to have integrity and good morals, to be empathetic and unbiased, to not embarrass them when you open your mouth in public. Naturally, very few politicians manage to rise to the occasion. Almost none of them tick all the necessary boxes.

This rule doesn’t apply to the whole world though. Take America, for example. The nice thing about America is how it somehow manages to drum up support even for those who don’t come close to meeting the required criteria for good governance. It’s why Donald Trump is lucky he’s an American.