Trump doesn't have control of any institutions. Companies have control of them. Congressmen are just the middlemen who push the buttons for them, and Trump is just the reality TV star who convinced the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet that giving all power in the world to billionaires was going to help impoverished idiots like themselves

There are multiple different factions at play here. Russia owns Trump (because he's been laundering money for the Russian mob for the last 50 years), big businesses own the smaller politicians, Trump is the glue that brings all the different deplorable voting blocs together

Trump passes hundreds of execution orders BECAUSE they aren't laws - they're perfect for his PR. He can say he's accomplishing anything, and he'll have a fancy Official Document to point at to "prove" it to his voters.

But nothing actually has to happen after that, which means the big businesses don't actually have to sacrifice anything, so the magical stupid grift machine can keep turning infinitely. We're so cooked man.