General Discussion

His brain-dead cult followers will fall on the grenades, shield him from consequences, and protect him from any fall-out from his monstrousness.

They won’t need to drink poison to demonstrate their loyalty, either, because he would never order them to do so. As long as someone else is around to take the fall, he never will.

I hate to sound so pessimistic, but optimism has done fuck-all this entire crashingly awful century.