John Roberts comes face to face with the mess he made

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51. but they did,

when you read the Federalist Papers (FP) & more importantly the Anti-Federalist Papers (AFP) along with the constitutional convention debate (CCD) notes it is clear Mr. Trump was exactly what SOME of the framers feared.

Cato V, an AFP, directly predicts a Trump presidency. It points to the flaws of the proposed Constitution but also human nature.

during the CCD, on June 1st, Mr. Edmund Randolph, "strenuously opposed a unity in the Executive magistracy. He regarded it as the fetus of monarchy."

and while populism wasn't quite a robust concept back in the 1700's many framers still feared the power of a direct democracy pertaining to the election of the president, on July 17, the CCD was focused on the election of the executive. George Mason was opposed to a popular vote, "He conceived it would be as unnatural to refer the choice of a proper character for chief Magistrate to the people, as it would, to refer a trial of colours to a blind man." that's right Mason said, letting the people vote for president would be like letting a blind man vote on colors.


https://www.constitution.org/afp/cato_05.htm

http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1786-1800/the-anti-federalist-papers/debate-of-executive-power-(june-1).php

http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1786-1800/the-anti-federalist-papers/election-and-term-of-office-of-the-national-executive-(july-17-19).php