It's not just incompetent presidents, it's incompetent politicians at every level.

That's not a bug, it's a feature.

Politicians like MTG and Boebert are part of the system just to cheapen it. The crazier they are, the more off-tilt they are, the better the strategy works, the more it weakens the average Americans faith in the system. This strategy started with Trump, but it's started permeating every level of politics. The more wild they act, the more they can insist that the other side is being just as crazy.

It started with Reagan. People just didn't realize that it was the boiling frog scenario. It won't end with MTG and Boebert.

I agree that a president speaking to goals like that would be incredible. But he didn't have almost half the country supporting complete fantastical claims and a decent fraction trying to overturn elections.

But look what he did against racism vs Johnson (not that much compared to J.), and they both still pushed the Vietnam war. Kennedy had to work around the edges on entrenched racism to maintain his Democratic majority with southern votes. At least the parties are more honest about their proclivities today.

Well, to be frank, there's precedent for why presidents won't be like Kennedy.

Nerva and Orion were both cancelled, it's not like they just delivered everything. If Joe Biden said tomorrow "I'm going to wave a magic wand and we will have non-intel x nm fabs tomorrow" then loads of people would be moaning about big gov. or the cost etc.