Yeah, it's all just so unbelievably ridiculous. Armando Iannucci said in an interview that if he had written an episode that was like politics today (he was talking specifically about Theresa May's party conference speech last year), poeple would say it's too ridiculous to be real, which is why he's not doing contemporary political satire anymore because the reality is beoynd any comedy that he could write.

(and sadly Mr. Bean would be a more competent leader than some presidents and other politics that shall remain unnamed...)