I’m glad you didn’t gloat.
From this moment, the sea level will stop rising, the earth will begin to heal...
We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. Wait... what?
LOL. You are right. It was downright frightening to see how many people, even some smart ones, were just mesmerized by this character based on his youth, race, and ability to give a speech. (Which is way overrated IMO.) No one wanted to face facts. When we tried to warn people we were dismissed as crackpots.