What’s not clear is if it was defused in situ…

He also wangs on about AI for quite a bit, which also raises questions about his judgement

“Mr Trump’s great experiment might give them clues about what to try or not next. Whether Mr Trump’s methods are wise in the long-run will be for historians.Whether they work in the short-term is all that will matter to most, for now.”

I’ve read it via archive.org now, it’s actually a vaguely pro ‘if this works’ ignoring the already obvious evidence he’s a narcissistic psychopathies bat shit authoritarian. But Simon did put a big ? at the end

I’ve not read the article due to laziness (and also being supposedly working) but could that headline could be read as a warning rather than support?

It would be more leverage now than in Joe’s day when he seemingly drank all evening on others generosity/gullibility!