People understand people fuck up. When you own up, they forgive and forget.

The problem is that people don't seem to realize that he's had multiple fuckups that have been 10x more expensive than this jet.

the ability to listen when the crowd is yelling at him and take a step back

If that's the case, I would say he isn't listening well enough. He should step back from politics altogether, but his pockets are too well greased.

But you have a point, people give him credit for the little good he does, and remain blind to everything else. Sounds a lot more like love than education.