If it looks like a skunk, and walks like a skunk, and stinks like a skunk...it's a skunk!

The remaining question is whether JT has the humility to admit he's made a mistake and go back to the drawing board to do this right, or whether his hubris will drive him to reject all challenges.  

Humility vs. hubris, for PM Selfie (or "egoportrait", as they say in French, which seems a highly appropriate term).   My bet is in hubris.