By "basically said" you mean that this is your hyperbolic/moralistic interpretation of what he said.
But not what he actually said.
Extremely callous and nasty.
Interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZtuF_etO4o
Here you can hear an expert comment on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr1qrbMg1tA
That's just a weird, semantic distortion.
By "basically said" you mean that this is your hyperbolic/moralistic interpretation of what he said.
But not what he actually said.