Perhaps this was his plan all along.
Honestly could be, I'm not an accountant by any means so I have no clue if this is something you can write off on taxes, but he would still have the 13 billion in private bank loans to pay back.
Because it is a game to him, dude has the disposition of a toddler. Nothing is serious everything and everyone is expendable.
Especially when your head is that massive and the cult below you does nothing but strokes your ego.
Dude is a 6 Y/O with an Uzi