He MUST have been rehearsing for a post-presidential career as a stand-up comic.
I think he says this stuff just so he can feel the power of controlling the press. It’s not that it is a lie but that it is so 180 degrees opposite of what he is doing. It is blatant. Yet the media will report it as if it were 100000 percent true. “Hey Valarie, just for giggles I tweeked my media beotches again. Look at how the little dogs eat the poop from my arse. I must be the ONE to wield such power!!