The part that gets me is him looking around the room all glassy eyed, which is not typical of someone that knows what is going on around him.
Someone on the ball would typically be busying himself with preparing for what is going to happen once the room is cleared, organizing notes, taking a drink of water, holding a side conversation with an aide or whomever, not sitting there waiting for life to happen to him.
And that to me is the point: he is not leading this show, it is happening to and around him.
And it is pretty obvious.
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. It's inherent virtue is the equal sharing of miseries." - Winston Churchill