There's something fascinating about a politician calling a bunch of people stupid for no reason. Like, he admits he's not good at coding, it's not like I'd take his word on tech decisions. This whole thing is so weird. You'd imagine he'd either have good taste, or try and pander to the most people. He's taken a third path, which I can't really place.
Also this poor explainer video that conflates several unrelated design decisions with limitations of COBOL: https://youtu.be/Ox_Wm6XQnxI