Yeah but that's like saying if Trump wasn't brash, rich, and a celebrity, do you think he ever would have gotten elected?
Politics is an ugly game and you have to sell your soul in order to get elected. There are very, very few politicians who will vote as they believe as opposed to what their benefactors demand and what is necessary to get reelected. John McCain is one of the few that voted as he believed. I disagreed with him on a lot of issues but respected his service and his patriotism. I respected the fact that he refused to always follow the party line. I wish there were a few more Dems like that.
The pendulum will continue to sway. The dems controlled both the Congress and the WH during Obama's 1st 2 years and accomplished almost nothing. The GOP controlled both Congress and the WH during Trump's 1st 2 years and accomplished some things but not nearly what they hoped for. The House will now do its best to obstruct Trump from passing any of his goals. I'm not saying that it is right but, unfortunately, that is just the way it works these days.
More importantly for the nation is what happens with the Mueller investigation. I suspect that his report will not result in any indictments against Trump directly (I know, current policy is that a sitting POTUS can't be indicted) but that more family members and aides will be indicted. I suspect that Trump will have a meltdown if Ivanka, Don Jr. and Kushner are indicted. I suspect that Trump supporters will continue to claim that this is all a witch hunt but if it ends in criminal convictions, that position becomes hard to maintain.
We live in an interesting world. A friend recently recommended that I read Plato, something I hadn't done in 40+ years. What struck me is that in his Apology, he had Socrates questioning why he was considered the wisest person in the land. Socrates spoke about how there were others who knew much more than he did about a wide range of issues. He finally acknowledged that his wisdom came from the fact that he understood that he wasn't the smartest guy in the room. He knew that he didn't know everything.
While I would never suggest that I am as wise as Plato or Socrates, I do recognize that there are others that are much smarter than me and that I don't know everything. I don't know what Mueller knows and know that I'm not as smart as he is. I don't know what Trump knows. Hell, I don't even know what the voters will do in '20. It will be very interesting to watch however. Right now, I'm just hoping for an Irish win over Clemson tomorrow.