This is the same thing Trump has done since fall 2015. Issue mushy-edged statement that is meant to leave an impression. Waits for media reaction. Then screams he was taken out of context. Then half the media self-flagellates. How many times does this cycle have to get repeated?
Most people if they were actually being taken out of context would find a different way of saying things after the first 100 times, particularly when they are president. So it’s a bit clever to do “boy the media botched this again!”
There are certainly instances where he is taken out of context, gets dinged excessively etc. But the dehumanizing statements, except for when he makes them about the media, have most frequently been about immigrants of color.
