>>Paying a compliment to the locals could not have been put better.
I’m a local in the backwoods of my state.
“I think I may come here and buy a farm” from Trump would definitely not be a compliment. It would cause some chuckle though.
Perhaps you live in a different locale.
Why would it not be a compliment? Many city people buy a place in the country. It’s done all the time. Why not Trump? You are inferring it was not meant well from a cynical point of view.