To be fair, the lilliputian tom thumb primitive does have a certain child-like innocence and naivete about him, even though he's just short of 58 years old.
This diminuitive primitive after all is the one who thinks we can have "free medical care for all," with no new taxes, nobody having to pay for insurance, physicians and nurses and hospital janitors and the pharmceutical companies dispensing it all for free, out of the goodness of their hearts.