The old fart's about done, RL . . .
As ne'er-do-wells go, he's run the gamut, still in office because there is really nothing illegal with running a shady presidency. He's a businessman, not a politician, so he has no idea how to word comments to his constituents -- doubtless a word he had only heard of before.
The magic formula:
Old dog + new tricks = old dog licking himself and howling at the moon.