buffoon

Even if he contradicts himself or is caught in a lie or is shown to be the buffoon that he is, she will always hum his political tune.

Hoover would see Patel, correctly enough, as a buffoon and a patsy who was bending the FBI’s awesome machinery to the service of a mercurial president’s incoherent personal agenda.

“Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a ketamine-fueled buffoon in charge of purging the civil service.”

Created by a solo developer known only as LocalThunk, card game Balatro - which takes its name from the Latin for jester or buffoon - is one of the year's biggest success stories.

Who was this buffoon? was the reaction of the national media.