Invited to reply as to how we could have avoided this fiasco in the first place:
(my suggestions) Rules for Presidential elections & Candidates:

1. Cannot receive $ campaign contributions from foreign countries
1.a: Cannot receive $ campaign funding from Corporations - only individuals
1.b: A cap must be placed on said donations
2. Disqualified if exposed having financial investments to the Military complex or designated resources (benefitting from war) Candidate or Contributors.
3. All voters must 'register' with verifiable ID and be 'legal' citizens. period. 
4. Said election votes must be certified by a multiple independent auditors PRIOR to appointment (to thwart conspiring or collusion)
5. Presidential Candidates exposed before or after Election who have been found to have been 'bought'; foreign or domestic, or enact Executive Orders in secrecy, or engage in wars without public consent, will be ousted.

...Currently, compared to our Gov Authorities, we are all 2nd class citizens