Many have been doing this daily for the better part of a decade now.... And have failed miserably.
Obviously he's doing the work that the supreme leader has asked him to do. He would have been toast in any normal corporate environment.
I'll give him until debentures are done to ultimately judge his level of incompetence. He's got some major moves to make right now...he can't smile his way out of this one.
To not cut salaries at this point tells me there's something in the works... We'll see