Still, we have to play the game and since one hegemon seems to not want their hegemony any more we will have to deal with the heirs ascendant (for however long that lasts and if they can deal with their demographic issues)
They don't care if the country goes to shit they can just leave and find somewhere else nice to be. They would sell the country for a dollar and just go to Switzerland or whatever.
I'm already pretty agist but the man is nearly 100 years old and if I'm honest the number of 75 plus year olds I have met who are still as sharp as they were is less than 50 percent for sure.
When people are like " I can't believe such and such would say or do this" and they are old I just assume senility.
How do you think he got so big?