I wonder if his fans keep claiming that he's a genius because they themselves don't want to admit they've been idiots for having been bamboozled. Reminds me of

I wonder if his fans keep claiming that he's a genius because they themselves don't want to admit they've been idiots for having been bamboozled. Reminds me of the Emperor's New Clothes, I re-read it recently, and even though the little kid had said "But the emperor is naked!", actually the emperor continued parading in the nude and all his staff stayed silent and kept up with the charade... > “But he hasn’t got anything on,” a little child said. > “Did you ever hear such innocent prattle?” said its father. And one person whispered to another what the child had said, “He hasn’t anything on. A child says he hasn’t anything on.” > “But he hasn’t got anything on!” the whole town cried out at last. > The Emperor shivered, for he suspected they were right. But he thought, “This procession has got to go on.” So he walked more proudly than ever, as his noblemen held high the train that wasn’t there at all.