Probably? This is his only play, all his life - get into a situation that is over his head, like a casino, or real estate, or acting, or literally every aspect of government, where he makes things worse and damaging to the industry, and then extracts bribes and extorts people in those deals industries with promises to give them exceptions from that harm. It’s mafia shit. He is running a racket with a system he didn’t build but he did take over by force.

The irony appears to be lost on them

Right? Well well well, if it isn’t the consequences of your own predictable greed and corruption

Do what now? I haven’t ever supported genocide in Palestine and I don’t support Russia invading Ukraine. What are you on about?