Most of his policies were balderdash, but nobody cared, he didn't care, he was the Bulwark against the Pequiste and he was Framer of the Constitution.
The rest of the shit was just "whatever, make something up, get it passed, or else".
"What about the cruise missiles?!"
Let the Americans shoot their missiles, who cares?
"What about unemployment?!"
Get a fuckin job, hippies.
"What about inflation?!"
Stop bothering me with details'
Anybody remember the Alpha Flight comic? Where he's in the comic secretly setting up the Canadian Superhero Team?
That's basically it, that's how he ran the government. Like Professor X. lol