You should check out “The Magicians”. I won’t spoil it (though I guess even recommending it in this thread kind of does) but it does NOT follow this trope. At least mostly…

Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin

I’m doing my best to not let my life be like the song, but that’s tough…

I believe the actual reasoning is that that amendment only applies to “officers of the us government”, which the president is not… which is a stupid technicality…

If energy drinks and tea weren’t a thing then yeah… but they are so I’m guessing not really. Then again if coffee were the only caffeine option I probably wouldn’t have a caffeine addiction…