I do agree, he was surrounded by backstabbers. I still do think that by a combination of "it'd be dumb as shit to give the president the real thing" and "if the President died Suddenly all hell would break lose" are why I don't think he ever got the real thing. It's possible, and they are evil and stupid enough to do so, but I'd give a 90% chance that he didn't get the real thing.
I do agree, he was surrounded by backstabbers. I still do think that by a combination of "it'd be dumb as shit to give the president the real thing" and "if the President died Suddenly all hell would break lose" are why I don't think he ever got the real thing. It's possible, and they are evil and stupid enough to do so, but I'd give a 90% chance that he didn't get the real thing.