When you reduce four-dimensional chess to one-dimensional thinking, this is what you get. The man is cornered. This is clear to everyone, except some of his die-hard supporters. And there are not many of them left. He may think he is playing four-dimensional chess, and his staff may keep saying that, but there is no one on the other side of the chessboard. His place is in a mental asylum. No ifs, ands, or buts