This shadowy group of geniuses picks a bunch of ass-clowns to run for the highest office? Would you be at all surprised if any of the remaining characters appeared at an event in full clown makeup spouting gibberish and surrounded by a full road cast of Cabaret?
How better to control them?
First, nobody said they were "geniuses" in the first place.
Second, if you were doing the selecting, would you choose someone more intelligent than yourself? IMO, probably not.
Third, please remember who you are calling "ass-clowns" here. Some folks take a rather dim view of your insuling our CIC.