Considering a lot of his life and history, this is exactly the kind of thing he would have done to anyone he could if the technology was available and he probably would approve of it if he didn't have some hypocritical exception for himself.

People fell for this whitewashed "kindly old grandpa" image he gained for himself in the MCU at the end of his life, but that was after he had gotten his bag and could put all his efforts into cleaning his "legacy."