Well i think a lot of the actors holding office are stupid. Like biden. He's not a mastermind... he's bribable. Do you know how easy it is to excel at politics if you are willing to sell out?

You're probably right - Q is probably thinking in the context of chess.

Also, take it from Trump himself. He said, "how can I describe leaders better than the word, 'stupid?' I used to say 'grossly incompetent,' but 'stupid' is stronger, isn't it?"

I learned that business vocabulary is quite different from bureaucrat/academia vocabulary because of the audience the different sectors are trying to reach. You want simple words in business. "Obama stupid" can be understood by a 70 year old farmer in rural China who knows almost no English.

I think that most of the actors are stupid. The folks at the top are certainly not though.

refers to poor opsec

They are obeying orders from above...they are not the brains behind the agenda. They don’t think about the consequences of any of it. They are not chess players thinking moves ahead.