There is nothing wrong with him saying he's a wartime speaker.
President Trump said he was a wartime president.
The war is real
Yes the war is quite real; see MqD’s post
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4228376/posts?page=2750#2750
NPR high mucky -muck hates the First Amendment.
Oh, the wartime speaker, fine. I just don’t want ONE DAMN PENNY to go to Ukraine, or fund a lot of the garbage he continues to add to bills.