It's fascinating to see this in things as life-or-death-to-millions-important like global politics, and the you-know-who. And his team of this kind of people...

Fascinating in the sense of "How did you get here!? And can't you see this move will blow up in your face in the near future!?".

I guess if you have 50-60 years of adulthood where you made dumb moves but got away with it...