[ETL]

I understand what we’re up against just fine without taking a guy that dresses in silly Nazi uniforms on his book covers seriously.

Yet you said earlier you don't believe a word that he says. You're not making much sense here.

[discostu]

Notice how that’s not a word he says, that’s the image he projects. The trappings around him all say “this is a joke, I am not being serious”. I believe his trappings, so I what he says as a joke.