This has been long understood by many Americans; alas, the GOP is the party that pulls this stunt - they literally nominate a charismatic sock puppet as president and when they win the party leaders feed the content and agenda to the titular head of the party.

Trump was the most obvious and classic example of this, but Borowitz made a good call by pointing out that the current era of idiot presidents started with Reagan who basically had a life-long acting career, ending with eight years of playing the President of the United States. Of all of the GOP presidents, George Herbert Walker Bush (the senior Bush) was probably the most accomplished politician on his own.