Where has the aspirational quality of American democracy gone?

Where has the aspirational quality of American democracy gone?
Democracy takes courage. The Cheney Doctrine in the Middle East replaced the Truman Doctrine. We did not have the courage to reject it. The Trump Presidency should have been gone when Comey was fired and Trump threw his first tantrum. Pence and the FBI did not have the courage to act. Mueller did not have the courage to arrest him when it became obvious he was a Russian Agent. Republican voters were convinced that we needed a CEO president. We got one. CEO ethics are amoral. Aspirational democracy is a moral venture.