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The other possibility is that plenty of analysts, historians, cultural advisors, etc know exactly how things work and what's going on but he doesn't listen to them because they're 'little people'.
Yep, they tend to not listen to them because they listen to their PR people, polls etc., more. It's sad, but after years of trying to see politics in its full complexity I'm coming back to "politicians are the problem". At least those that win elections. How can we turn that ship around?
Maybe we should have talent agents that campaign for candidates. Winning a campaign is a whole skillset that tells us very little how well a person can actually govern.