Ire's failures

Dear Ire,
Wow. In hindsight, you are a really terrible king. Were. Are. The fact that your failures aren't imaginary and that you are, in a way, quite pompous, is getting shoved in your face very often.
And how do you react?
I wonder.
...
we need to get you doing better in this presidential race, or this story is going to end very quickly and without hoopla.