“How in the hell can a line like that, so explicit that it could potentially lead to World War III, get into a presidential address if the plain meaning wasn’t the intent?”
My guess is, that line was not in the speech, Dimjo was
(in his mind) on such a roll that he just ad-libbed it.
As I have noted before, late in the day and late in the week, it seems to me is when he is the most gaff prone. Maybe it is when his medications start wearing off.
In other words, when the only tool in your kit is a diaper full of pudding, then entire world looks like Cornpop.
No. It’s a condition in the elderly called ‘’sundowners’’.