TPTB were reversing the system (they don’t come up for vote) after 2001 9/11. Then the reversal accelerated after the 2008 meltdown.
Many people that own race horses, hire other tiny people to race them. Same in politics imo. The people in charge “hire” others to enter the race. As Carlin said, “It’s a club, and we ain’t in it”
The group that got Trump to run and KNEW he would win, have started reversing the reversal. Status quo returning. Higher budget and trade deficits, more military spending, more respect and love for Israel.
Trump (and every past president) only have some influence. Not dictators. The dictators are invisible. They control what is said in the mass media. Find out who THEY are, and you know who’s in charge.