"the buck stops here". he controls the most powerful army in history. I don't care whose arm is reaching up his colon to move his lips - he's responsible. it's his signature on the orders.

Nobody is arguing with you on that. You said cancel culture was grassroots while this is not. My point is they both started grassroots. This one just reached higher.

He clearly has dementia on top of raging NPD and I'd honestly be surprised if he knows what day it is.

The origin is not the point, the power differential is. Hence why this is an equivocation.