For those of you who seek to second guess POTUS:
Do you really believe you have access to as much current information as the President?
Any President.
Not only is that hubris, it is a classic organizational phenomenon called attribution error.
You don't have access to the same information, so you assign a motive to help you understand.
That's a WAG. That's a guess.
President Trump is a master of situations like these. He feeds your confirmation bias.
You may be the type who thinks a slow-speaking Southerner is an idiot based on style, not substance. Listen. Separate the information being conveyed from the means of conveyance. This principle applies to POTUS, me, you, and Q.
Anyone (good at) providing customer service learns to filter out - despite their own emotional reaction - useful information from the drama.
How about you?
Watch a few episodes of Columbo.
Leave your emotions and sense of superiority aside for your own sake.
Where do the facts lead you?