These clowns cannot help themselves. What a bunch of arrogant ass-clowns.
People in high positions nearly always seek to isolate themselves in a fantasy bubble of power, as a result they are cut off from reality and begin to believe their thought-world is the real world. They occasionally make the mistake of thinking the imaginary people in their imaginary world will act the way they imagine they will act just because they imagine it.
This goof's pronouncement is really not that different from Andrew Cuomo's "America was never that great" comment. He's surrounded by toadies who give him positive feedback on what he's thinking, and he forgets that reality is still there, outside his little bubble.