I just read a good interview with Clint in “Esquire” (get it now as U.S. News went out of print - still have 4 years paid up - dang high-school fund raisers!).
Anywhoo - I don’t think it was sarcasm. Clint is his own man, and he will NOT follow someone else’s script.
“If somebody’s dumb enough to ask me to go to a political convention and say something, they’re gonna have to take what they get.”
He said the same thing about the “halftime in America” thing he did. He did it the way he wanted it to go.
And with the way they script out ALL of politics - the GOPe WAS dumb to invite him - Thank God!
In the interview they made a big point of him doing most of the movie scenes in just one take. (Both his shots and the actors he hires and directs). His speech was no different - one take, from the heart.
I wasn't thinking of it is as the GOPe inviting him, but I guess that's a fact.