Sure it is, but the media will cover for him anyway. Even the networks that originally recorded and broadcast his statements will insist that no reasonable person could have understood him to mean what he actually said.
I once pointed out to an obama lover that obama had said he’d been to all 57 states. The guy said “He didn’t mean it.” They will make excuses for him. They will lie for him. They will make stuff up for him.
The white house doesn’t even have to issue talking points anymore. They’ll all watch each other for a few days, decide which one came up with the best excuse, then all of them will run with it.