Regarding the bow-tie picture: Is he so politically-tone deaf that he doesn’t know what message that outfit is sending, or is that the message he’s trying to send?

Is he so politically-tone deaf that he doesnt know what message that outfit is sending, or is that the message hes trying to send?
He knows what it represents. We'll soon be hearing of the evil black scientist who invented the blue-eyed devils and the great, huge spaceship hovering secretly over the US.