Here’s a quote from the 1960s which, alas, resonates even more today. Author John Steinbeck, better known for his iconic novels than his political commentary, was referencing the plight of President Lyndon Johnson, who had been sent into early retirement by the Vietnam War.
“We give the President more work than a man can do, more responsibility than a man should take, more pressure than a man can bear. We wear him out, use him up, eat him up…He is ours and we exercise the right to destroy him.”