While that may be true, he is being replaced by a plagiarist with a lose grasp of truth who is under widespread suspicion that he got the job by cheating.

This might be cynical, but I'm not sure we can hold politicians to the same standard as the military. Their job apparently is to lie cheat and steal as much as possible and hopefully drop a few crumbs for those who support them.

This would require a dedicated military full of honest dependable people, for the same reason you'd probably chose those types to assist you in robbing a bank.