These are just variations of “let them eat cake” — in short: “I don’t care about your little problems”.
I’m convinced that this is a combination of things:
1) Seeing how much he can get away with...
2) Since he’s cleared the “worst of the worst” out of club gitmo, it will be easier to empty it out completely.
3) Most Importantly - It got the VA scandal off the front pages & TV.
Mark