Does a president need to uphold the Constitution?

@SandWitch That "only an idea" thing, is also a legal document that is the foundation on which the entire political and legal framework of the country is build, and that guarantees peoples rights AS LONG as all of the branches of governement uphold it. ... so I think it's a bit more then that.

@Kwek00
For you to say that it's "the foundation on which the entire political and legal framework of the country is built and that it guarantees peoples rights..." is absolutely false as well as misleading advertising of what the USA is at it's core.

The US Constitution guarantees nobody ANYTHING whatsoever, but the idea that it does is wishful thinking at best and a well-intentioned idea at that, just as you've been led to believe that it's more than it really is, when in fact it isn't!

@SandWitch Didn't I add: "AS LONG as all of the branches of governement uphold it."?

@Kwek00
Yes you did add "AS LONG"! ...but of itself in those quoted words, turns your illusion of a so-called "guarantee" into nothing but an "idea" if every department doesn't uphold the law, which of course is what Americans are experiencing right now as their Constitution as been relegated to a state of total irrelevancy due to the recent uprising of the Trump Administration and it's fascist, authoritarian non-constitutional form of governance that Americans actually voted for... not once, but twice!

@SandWitch An idea can be a pretty strong thing though... I would even classify this "idea" as a "believe". As long as there are people out there that believe in this document, there is a chance to oppose what needs to be opposed.

I also don't think a lot of Americans voted for: "fascist, authoritarian non-constitutional form of governance". There is a base, that depending on studies is somewhere between 27-35 percent of the public that actively believes this stuff. But voters ussually just have 1 or 2 issues in there head, they aren't really concious about all the rest.