He might be a monster but he's very clearly inexperienced as a leader, and seems like he's running off some mental image of this entire thing being back in its prime - he's very openly not sure how to react to the current iteration of Team Rocket, and making a big public display like this serves the dual purpose of undermining his fledgling hero complex and completely diverting people from investigating the more subtle instigations we're actually capable of.
If it all goes to shit, though, you're fully welcome to a big fat 'I told you so' and as much gloating as you see fit.
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If it all goes to shit, though, you're fully welcome to a big fat 'I told you so' and as much gloating as you see fit.