The founding fathers were anxious to oppose a parliamentary system that produced the oppression against which the revolutionaries went to war. Breaking with King George III and his enablers also meant creating a newly conceptualized presidential system, with checks and balances, a powerful legislature (the House of Representatives) and a Senate whose members were originally selected by state legislatures. The founders overweighted the influence of the less populous states in order to help to curb the popular will, and to gain broad support for the new constitution’s ratification.
It is time for a positive change which will prevent results such as Trump or any of his followers.