I wonder if he’s actually that far gone that he believes this.
Looks to me like he’s ditching the “demented act” to
makeover himself for 2024.
He ‘ll probably turn on the dementia act every now and
then depending on what happens to “his surviving” son.
It’s not an act. He has dementia. But that does not make him a vegetable, until the last stages. He’s like Hector Salamanca in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. He’s crippled mentally, but he can still say his script. That’s like ringing Hector’s bell.