It is one thing to be foolish enough to be bamboozled by a con man. To be too prideful to admit it in the face of irrefutable evidence is worse. Much worse.
Facts won’t slow the rush to rash pronouncements from blowhard Bellowthon. The newz announcer assumes that Lunarians remain at Moon Valley or have departed in a fleet of Space Coupes. Tracy has wisely kept mum regarding the existence of New Moon Valley. Ro-Zan stirs the pot. He seems to be angling for “justification” for the invasion he wishes to launch. Tracy was expecting shenanigans after Smith’s call. He is on the case.
The crisis team was worried until they realized he was just a windbag, full of hot air.