This is an example of the haughty behavior that has disillusioned the people with the “establishment”. The average German has just witnessed the carnage in Paris, Nice, saw women openly molested in public German areas and had an Afghan migrant taking to commuters with an axe justifying his bizarre behavior with ISIS ideology. It is akin to George Bush solemnly proclaiming that Islam is the “religion of peace” and Obama refusing to acknowledge the role of the perversion of Islam in the terrorism. The people are angry and will not tolerate overt obfuscations and stupidity. They want change.
Knowing the content of the 28 pages, and he must have known the un-redacted content at the time, puts a whole new light on his incessantly saying 'Our dear friends, the Saudis.'