He couldn't do it. He was ADVISED INSTRUCTED TOLD to do it but he couldn't resist throwing in that lie about "others". His backdoor. His ace up his sleeve. His loophole. Good enough for Putin to pat him on the a** and tell him what a good boy he is. He doesn't have a clue what words mean. He reads them and says them and has zero ability to comprehend their meaning. Repeatedly. Agonizingly. Foreverly. SIGH. :(