Is it wrong to decry the decline of world leadership quality?

[Gandalf]

Probably wrong. In the words of Byrne 'Same as it ever was'. From Kennedy, to Nixon, to Clinton, to Bush and beyond.

Kennedy was a junky sermingly with a chronic sex addiction. Charming on the surface, but pretty messed up.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/jfk-...de-pornography

I couldn't give less of a shit about his sexual exploits. Fact of the matter was he conducted himself like the fucking President of the United States well enough where you didn't feel embarrassed telling others that he was the President of your country.

That the bar has been lowered to Earth core levels remains a sad commentary on humanity.

I disagree. I think he also handled Vietnam like a muppet thus leading to a lot of mess that did not need to happen. The result was America basically going bankrupt a long time after himself of course.