Guiliani cucked them by lying to him and half-assing everything.

There are always more weak cogs and individuals than strong visionaries and leaders, who got complacent, bought into their own hype and/or can't comprehend how much our country has rotted because "they won't be around to see it in a few years." That's why democracy ultimately is a terrible system and why it was completely ripped apart and subverted this past "selection" for a paper regime. The fact that the "best" option boiled down to Trump taking such an action and weaker individuals under him fought to keep it off the table out of their own fear and incompetence illustrates my point. Now we have an "administration" that appeals to those weak cogs who want to pass the buck, but who knows how long it can run when everybody wants somebody else to do it.