So everything that went on that day, everything he said, everything he did, it was all just misinterpreted by his followers and he was only saying “something stupid” over and over again.
It’s plausible, but going down that path would beg the question: how much can you trust a leader who seems entirely incapable of not doing stupid things?
If he just does stupid things, why the vehement defense that he never could have taken top secret documents from the WH? Would that be a “stupid thing”?
That’s the tricky part about defending someone: a lot of times the chosen defense creates more problems and more questions.