He wouldn't have to brag. It would be EVIDENT in what he says and what he does.
But that cannot be how he is evaluated since so far he is a loser a bust a danger an embarrassment a pariah.
How does he come back from that? Oh c'mon! There is no way in he** he can come back from that because that is what he is whom he is and what he will always be because he always has been that. At his old age you really think he can change? Oh c'mon! GET A GRIP! GET OVER IT. WHAT YOU SEE/HEAR IS ALL YOU GET BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THERE IS.