Well, Reagan became president back in 1981, which wasn't much different. If anything he was just an actor (before getting into politics, which is even less qualification that a salesman/real estate guy.

And, aside from spending on BS like "Star Wars" and escalating things with USSR, Reagan also established the neoliberal greedy nightmare we live in since.

> If anything he was just an actor

Well, he was also a union big shot for over two decades, eventually elected as president of SAG.

Then, he was governor of California for nearly a decade.

So, quite a bit more qualification than "just an actor."

>Then, he was governor of California for nearly a decade.

Yeah, so like Schwarzenegger.

> If anything he was just an actor

He had a longer political career (and one more directly relevant to being the chief executive of a government) than Obama before each became president.

You could make that argument for every President since Woodrow Wilson at least...

Doc: Tell me, Future Boy, who's President of the United States in 1985?

Marty: Ronald Reagan.

Doc: Ronald Reagan? The actor? [rolls his eyes] Ha! Then who's vice-president, Jerry Lewis?

Seriously, reason from first principles. The incentives are the outcome. It was predicted in mainstream media (granted as a pessimistic joke):

https://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/simpsons-writer-reveals-how-he-...

Kind of like right now, how Simpsons predicted a global recession after President Trump's term is being jokingly brushed off even as it seems like we are in a bubble.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MABMM301USM189S

A throwaway joke in a Simpsons episode does not "predict" a recession to any degree of reasonableness.

just like Trump's presidency right?