Very true. This reminds me of Boris Berzovsky, he was the Russian TV mogul in the 90s and the guy who was part of the team that took Putin from a no-name to president. He is often quoted as saying ' give me a tv remote and in 6 months I can make even a stool president' (it might be a paraphrase, but the version in Russsian attributed to him is Дайте мне пульт от телевизора, и через полгода я сделаю президентом табуретку).