I understand that the president has been accused of "acting like a king"
The thing is, in this country where we do have a monarch, she (or he) would be entirely unable to make decisions like, indeed they can do nothing without the support of their government.
I did ask, on another thread, how the US would work in the present situation it finds itself at present, with a president on one side of the political fence, and senate and congress on the other. It was politely explained to me that in such a situation president and government were constitutionally obliged to find compromises.
This does not appear to be working. So I repeat my earlier question - what is the point of having a president in a constitutional democracy when he appears to be able to exercise powers not available to a monarch in this country since the time of King John?