Yeah: high-minded principles like "all men are created equal," . . . written by a slaver. Principles to "secure the Blessings of Liberty," but only "for Ourselves and our Posterity."
But let's just be real honest about those documents in which those principles are stated: they're not documents written for the purpose of stating principles. They're political documents stated to accomplish political goals. The Declaration of Independence was written (1) to state the bases for independence to a divided domestic audience and (2) to obtain foreign support. And the Constitution . . . well, the Constitution is a damned mess lacking any principled backing but full of political expedients that we've never been able to get past.
And that's really the other thing that, if one can get over it, the Trump years will go down a whole lot easier--the realization that the Constitution is and always was something of a joke. These people running around with a copy of the Constitution in their pockets and treating it as though it's some holy scripture . . . and it's a fucking joke. They're treating it as a joke. And it always was a joke. It was an expediency aimed to allow the slavers to keep slaving, keep the powerful in power, and to facilitate commerce. And anything beyond that could be massaged. And it has been and will continue to be.
So if you don't worry your pretty little head about "but the Constitution" and realize that the only real purpose of the Constitution is to create a structure to keep the powerful in their rightful position and the poor in theirs, then your blood pressure will go down significantly and your GI doc won't have to talk to you about ulcers.