The President is a Christian. As one, he would know words have meaning. And he would also know that Jesus said in Matthew 5:37, "But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.'"
And that is the whole point. Not answering a direct question with the direct answer it deserves tells a story (i.e., is spin) other than the truth.
Maybe in your world answering a direct question with a story is an answer, but that's not the case in the no-spin zone.
Maybe in your world, two things that are not equivalent are equivalent, but in the objective world that's not the case.
The President is a Christian. As one, he would know words have meaning. And he would also know that Jesus said in Matthew 5:37, "But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.'" And that is the whole point. Not answering a direct question with the direct answer it deserves tells a story (i.e., is spin) other than the truth.
To twist the president's words and accuse him of something he did not do is unchristian.
In plain English, the did not accuse the Minutemen of being vigilantes. Yet you can't even come straight out and say that.
Straight out:Decrying potential vigilantism is not the same thing as making an accusation of vigilantism.
That is simple logic. It's unchristian to say that he said something else.