If the USA were like the corrupt shithole EU, the president since 2016 would be Joe Biden

Short flashback pre EU elections campaigning. These were the German top candidates.

Spiegel

Never was there a hint of the Defense Minister von der Leyen being a possible candidate. Let alone was there any public mentioning of her name to begin with.

There was, however, the old Russia saw:

Europe Elections 2019

 "Is Russia sowing discord on the internet again?”

All forgotten when the right corrupt non-candidate was elected. Here is The ECONOMIST asking

Does Ursula von der Leyen have the right skills for the EU Commission?

It is hard to imagine a biography less suited to the mood of today’s Europe than that of Ursula von der Leyen, the German incoming president of the European Commission. Insurgent parties are sweeping the continent, cracks are forming between and within the eu’s member states and new threats are looming in the wider world. Mrs von der Leyen is the posh daughter of a Christian Democrat (cdu) minister-president of Lower Saxony. She rose through various government roles as an ally of Angela Merkel, glides multilingually through the world’s foreign-policy salons and can seem rather prim. Many consider her spell as German defence minister a debacle. Just what the old continent needs, one might groan: a slick, over-promoted scion of Europe’s unloved political establishment.

Now try to imagine such a scenario in the USA in 2016. Admittedly, one would need to be completely boozed up to even contemplate this. Yet, let's try. Trump and H. Clinton were the two final candidates for the election in November 2016. Trump was very divisive, no doubt about that, some even said he is a disgrace. Hillary with too much baggage.

Now the Senate, Congress and other powerbroker would gather behind closed doors. They would nix the final selection of the two candidates Trump and Clinton. Instead, to heal the wounds, satisfy certain interests and whatever, they would present the approximately 240 million Americans of voting age JOE BIDEN, and only Joe Biden to vote on. This goes to show what the EU is:

The EU is an “explicitly anti-democratic”, crony capitalist state.