People control him in the sense that they generally study how he acts and weaponize their access to enact their own agenda. But he is still the center of the vortex and everyone's strategies, maneuverings, and negotiations revolve around his whims, moods, and wants.

I understand that to be true as well, but mini Goebbles is strategic where Mr Insanity is more impulsive.

I'm not sure who mini Goebbles is. Stephen Miller? Strategic? That is not how I would describe him at all.

Yes, Miller. You know better than I. It’s how his bombast comes across.

Virtually everyone who has come in with the belief system that they are the ones in charge of the situation are forced out in short order.