"A noble lie?".

Perhaps try taking Christs advice, even if not a believer.

Perhaps try asking about results and making evaluations based on those fruits ie results since thats what can be known.

In this case, they were "noble" results

The results were not just savvy but noble imo since he's had to suffer slings and arrows from supporters, and now regime malevolents, to achieve those results.

"A noble lie?".

Perhaps try taking Christs advice, even if not a believer.

Perhaps try evaluating based on the fruits ie results since thats what can be known.

In this case, they were "noble" results since he's had to suffer slings and arrows from supporters, and now regime malevolents, to achieve those results.