In a sentence, politicians are stupid, megalomaniac control freaks. Which is why they are politicians. I'm going to quote Douglas Adams here:
The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.
To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.
To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
In a sentence, politicians are stupid, megalomaniac control freaks. Which is why they are politicians. I'm going to quote Douglas Adams here: