Yes groomed but that does not rule out the possibility that he was douped to the presidency being a stooge role up until he was in office and then threatened into being a puppet.  There was an election law lawyer who claimed back in 2016 that he had a source who before she was killed claimed that her CIA visited Obama just after the inauguration and threatened him into being a puppet.  She claimed the CIA hitman said all he had to do was show Obama the Zapruder film for him to capitulate.  If he were a loyal and brave man he may have survived efforts to overthrow them but probably not.  He would not have known who was loyal and who wasnt until he had already gotten so far into crimes that to end the cabal would ahve risked death oly to face trial for treason.    The fact remains he is one of a very few people who would have had the reputation, experience and relationships to bring leaders quickly into the plan to overthrow the DS.    Its just a question of jail or hanging and I think anything is possible.  Q said no deals but he also said Loretta Lynch and others were singing like canarys.  I cant think why they would do that unless they were offered a lesser punishment.  So by deals he may have meant no jail time/hanging.