You're correct, I have grown to be very suspicious of smooth talkers. eg UK PM Richie Sunak and London Mayor Sadiq Khan are both extremely eloquent and they ar

You're correct, I have grown to be very suspicious of smooth talkers. eg UK PM Richie Sunak and London Mayor Sadiq Khan are both extremely eloquent and they are both utterly useless in their jobs with zero ideas or imagination as to solving the problems they face. Contrast Elon Musk not a very smooth talker but brilliant at solving real-world problems.