Now that is just doubletalk. He said it. The media is mocking it.
If folks are doing stupid stuff to spite 'the media', then that's just Darwin at work.
He didn't say it, that's the point.
Go listen again? Geez.
Read the transcript. He did not. And a reporter specifically asked for clarification, and got it. There was absolutely no confusion, this is deliberate misrepresentation by "journalists" who value clickbait over truth.