All this goes to show that what you need to win in Politics is NOT intelligence or knowledge or morals or education. What you need to WIN IN POLITICS is (1) ability to bullshit (2) ability to act (as in acting/pretending) (3) ability to deliver speeches (written by other people) (4) good/acceptable physical appearance (5) ability to gaslight/con/deceive/manipulate people (6) ability to negotiate (deal-making) (7) ability to project strength (which is mostly fake) (8) questionable & malleable morals (9) others...too many to list...