Fuck that noise. We know it isn't true, but a president should be able to obtain a security clearance. Guess what becomes a big problem in attaining said clearance.
Other than waf stuff, if you have multiple servers behind a small nat, a reverse proxy can service them all from a single exposed public address. You can also do rewrite rules on the proxy vs on each server.
Profit > Security. These companies don't care so long as the consequences don't affect profit significantly enough. Infosec is always an afterthought, if considered at all.
Doom is Gen X if anything. Boomers are pongers.