The problem is that Trump doesn’t need authority, he doesn’t actually do anything. He needs the protections of the title. He allows things to happen and signs documents put in front of him.

Now if no one is enforcing anything then being an “independent contractor” might enough, but as laws currently exist and the precedent currently being set, he needs the actual title of President.

It’s the exact reason you hear assholes complaining that “conservatives are censored”.

Oh? Which “conservative” value was censored? Was it the bigotry?