No it is not that simple, he was in full attack mode, he practically outlined the strategery to defeat her. Why? He could only do that if he wanted her to lose, else he would have just shut up.
Maybe. I see a lot of people say a lot of things on FR that they know to be true that don’t turn out to be. It’s fine to have an opinion, and in fact it’s interesting to read them. Personally, I don’t know why he did what he did, and unless someone has a real in and knows him, their opinion is simply that. An opinion.