The president of the United States is, in fact, not the most powerful person on the planet. That's just a myth they want us to believe. Even he has people he answers to. All politicians do.
And I don’t mean “the people" is their boss. I mean there is a real elite that hold all real power. I don’t know who they are or how many, but the fact is, elected officials don’t last forever. A president can serve eight years if re-elected. But people with money and influence pull the strings, and they hold the real power. And they don't lose it after a period of time. The Epstein list made it more obvious. Even assuming Trump is innocent, it doesn’t matter—the order not to release it came from above.
Low-level decisions that don’t matter are left to us plebs and lowly politicians, for us to fight sure. But the real important choices—how the world is divided, who holds power, and what will be the world’s zeitgeist be? That’s above any politician.