You said it succinctly, in far fewer words!
Heidi seemed to be flailing about for an article.
A more welcome article might be who are heroes & villains.
Francis & Donald would be in the latter; the real heroes are often the powerless, rarely the powerful.
No one accedes to power without having become a political prostitute along the way.
Jesus should have learned how power work.
He could have retired handsomely.