> They become the arbiter of truth, and so they don't hear the actual truth very often

Yes, but they're rarely that stupid. The world sees a man say five times that he's lowered drug prices by 400-1500%. And that was just last week. For many Europeans it's remarkable to even come across a person that stupid.

> that "American titans of industry" are just power hungry rather than actually men of talent and brilliance.

I never thought they were brilliant. I just thought they wouldn't sell themselves so cheaply or would be so easily intimidated.