Maybe I'll pass his particular Turing test and embrace the idea that Trump only won 2016 not because of a voter imperative, but because Russian bots were way too successful that time.
VR already seems on the wrong track, perhaps totally useless. What if it's more productive to meet people in reality than over a signal process requiring tons of power, technology and cost?
That isn't true. A setup with a VR helmet could emulate a VR game. The host system's VR would just need to be as/more capable than the VR system it was emulating.