Both Mussolini and Hitler were seen as bumbling fools by most of their contemporaries. Before they seized power, that is.
I'm still sticking to the comment, even in awareness of history and having entertained the comparison. Let's hope I'm not proven wrong.
Bumbling fool seems apt to me.
The information era works for and against us here in showing the truth but also efficiently spreading misinfroamtion. But moments of seeing them objectively on camera will eventually shine the truth.