I think you are exactly right but I suspect a majority of Americans will be unable to grasp what you are saying.
It may happen to our benefit in the Republican Presidential Debates if some candidate does an “Ollie North”
North was subpoenaed before Congress in the Reagan years and they tried to crucify him about Irangate.
North, in his uniform, with his lawyer at his side, took no guff during the widely watched televised committee hearings. He was polite, appropriate, but took no crap and corrected them in no uncertain terms when they were wrong.
The next day, Congress wet itself apologizing because America has seen North live on TV, not the Newsies opinions of him.
The smart Republican candidate will remember Newt in ‘12 answering the “affairs” question and also how well Trump will do when he takes some news hen apart on national TV in a debate.
If the Republican candidate wimps out as Romney did in the second 2012 debate, (and as Obama did in the first 2012 debate) we lose.
A pair of gonads wins every time