I stand corrected. Thank you. But still ... it was a presumption to give him that award, just as it is a presumption to assume Trump is going to ruin the country.
No argument there whatsoever.
Those who are making such deranged claims, such as the passenger in question are, well, deranged (or they have been ‘duped’, or they are ‘cynically misrepresenting the truth’ which is a too-polite way of saying that they are despicable liars).