It does seem very odd indeed. Why would he do a Q&A if he knew so much was about to hit the fan? I'm willing to give him time to explain the mess it is and if some of his yes men have been lying to him then his next step is obvious. He's certainly losing a lot of street cred the longer this goes on. It's a plot from within to demean him that needs purging immediately similar to that successfully carried out during Hitler's Night of the Long Knives, July 1934.
Lang lebe Acun, König des schönen Volkes
This is like listening to MAGA supporters. (Not you, just the people that sound like this in general).
"Why would the man I voted for cut my healthcare?"
"Why would the best president in the history of America defund the NOAA and cut the scientific staff when we have frequent natural disasters that require warnings?"
"Surely he wouldn't try to deport me, he said it was just criminals, why would he lie?"
Occom's Razor. The most obvious answer is often the simplest one. Acun knew what was going on, he signed off on the deals, he lied. Or at least he answered in such a way that if he was asked about it again he could use plausible deniability and simply claim that wasn't what he meant or that he was misinterpreted.
The answer is either he's a ****ing idiot or he's lying to everyone. Those are the two options based on the evidence we've seen in public. It doesn't fill me with great joy to say that, I don't want any of this and I really wanted Acun to be the man to lead us forward. Hell, he's a likeable bastard, but he didn't get to where he is today by just being a nice guy. Nobody worth hundreds of millions does. I mean, are you telling me a man worth $200m and has signed countless multi million pound deals ****ed up by accident multiple times in the same manner? Like ****.
We want to like him because of the **** we went through with the previous owners. But just being "not Assem/Ehab Allam" isn't enough (as nice of a start as it is) and I think he knew this. He was able to come across as Mr Wonderful because he was offering free flights for fans, bringing in the crowds, paying amounts of money and wages for players we hadn't seen since we were in the Premier League. All of that exists with a back drop of the Allam's acrimonious tenure, so of course he's going to look ****ing amazing, it wouldn't occur to anybody that he's actually incompetent/capable of lying/narcissistic because we wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt after years of pain. He's smiley, he's affable, he tries to come across as an open book, but people like this, especially those who spend time in the media, are great showmen.
Whatever happens, the truth will out and I hope I'm so wrong I end up being shamed off this board and into some random seaside cottage in the Outer Hebrides, but I think those saying "it's just a little mistake, it's still good, it's still good" are just huffing the copium a bit too hard. This is a **** up, you're allowed to be pissed off. Surely people aren't so tribal that they'll forgo common sense and honesty to maintain a delusion because it feels better to live in the dream than face reality?