You are suggesting that everyone in government is corrupt and “turned on” him. Does that seem reasonable?
Or, if you were talking about anyone else, would you think maybe it was that person?
There is the old conundrum where a person says they are “surrounded by idiots.” If they were so much smarter…how did they allow themselves to get surrounded?
Pretty close. I remember the Reagan years. Aside from the armed forces the US government collectively loathed ‘that stupid cowboy’. Every time I was in DC or had a conversation with a fed it always seemed to get to ‘God Reagan is stupid’ at some point, followed by ‘Reagan is a senile fool who is going to cause WW 3, just watch.’ Other constant memes were ‘Reagan hates women’, Reagan hates blacks’. ‘Reagan, the wrinkled old man with a warm voice and a cold heart’