I hate this guy as much as the next conservative. But this is clearly him trying to be funny. I give him a pass on this one.
I think he is trying to ridicule the people who have the gall to question his vacationing. He doesn’t have the sense of humor to pull it off, and it just makes people madder.
Not quite; it is predictable, the pattern; later he’ll make a joke about the vacations and have a good laugh with the media, and then the topic is off limits and the media will ensure that everyone complies. And when complaining about a budget deficit, any non-essential spending of the people’s money is a no-no.