I'm totally with you on the statement from the first sentence. But! Look at it this way, the same people he works for control the mainstream media, so, he maybe cannot influence me and you but at the same time rest of the people who still get their information from the wrong sources, yes, they can pretty much get influenced by him. So lets take this opportunity and thank them as well okay? :)
Btw it doesn't matter if you don't know how far it is gonna fall, since both me and you agree on the fact how far it is gonna RISE. :) cheers bro