I have noticed that seems to be one of his tactics.
He comes down firmly on all sides of an issue.
Then later on, no matter what happens, he claims that was the position he took all along.
Like John Kerry, he was for it before he was against it.
You have it exactly correct.
and the media, at least the American media (local and national) never ever ever ever ever challenge this punk.
once, a guy from dallas did...very meekly, and the clown got angry.