I’m sure we can knock together a beige office space for them instead, without a subsidised bar and maybe with a clocking in machine so they can justify their pay.

Are the two people either side his security detail?

Well, unless he happens to live in one of those societies that collapsed due to extreme natural events that caused crop failure and starvation.

Is he offering to sell off all of the Catholic Church’s gold to help pay for food?

We have a new contender

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c17ynlek5djo

There are people who walk amongst us who still need this kind of thing pointing out.

Edit: possibly the same people who need the word “pee” instead of urine.