100000% that’s why I was getting John Kerry 2004 vibes the whole time. The old “let the competent stewards of our horrible empire have a turn at the wheel.” It’s the same energy as all the lib brunch enjoyers who were mad about Trump and his hogs hogging up the Oval Office. Optics. They are very sensitive in their optics nerves. Selectively. Lord knows they ignore the optics of “large adult war enjoyer”