Isn't that how he wins though? He says something a bit daft, gets the PC media in a tailspin and lets them make themselves look ridiculous while all 'normal folk' agree that the PResident is talking sense and draining the swamp (despite the fact that he isn't actually doing anything at all).
All he needs to look like the voice of common sense is to say something superficial and then let his media and political opponents tie themselves into logic-chopping knots trying to condemn an act whilst running a mile from even naming - let alone addressing - the thing that's actually behind it.
I learned of the Croydon Cat Killer (though it seems he roams far and wide now) recently and found this most distressing. Perhaps more so than this chap in New York which I concede is a strange way to feel.
If I caught anyone doing anything beastly to either of my cats then I'd genuinely worry about how I'd react.