Too awful to be true, too likely not to be false

I can almost believe anything about these people right now.  So, something like this is not out of the realm of possibilities for me to believe.

The thing I may have a hard time believing is that Trump is so far on top of the situation.  That is way too optimistic.  If it is all true, then the part about the others being that gullible to fall for a cover story is too awful to contemplate.  Not only would they be incompetent and corrupt, but also the biggest damn fools ever born.  I wouldn't count on them being that foolish.  If they are at least minimally competent crooks, then this thing will get very, very ugly.