What if, by cutting the USA into pieces, with chaos reigning everywhere and himself safe in a high tech bunker, his control was much more complete than it appeared? And what if this is exactly what his masters have ordered so that himself could appear to be in control of the fate of the world while it was really themselves, thereby deflecting wrath and blame while they consolidate that control?
Difficult to believe, yes. Impossible? Not so sure.
I am curious about how and when you were “reformed”.