If I use a word to describe you, and you took it as an insult, but later found out the word was a compliment, is my description of you still an insult?
not to mention the out and out white supremacists thought that's what it was.
i would probably view this more charitably in his favor if he just apologized or clarified like a mature person. instead he doubles down on 'corrupt' media, calls to defund wikipedia, and makes juvenile nazi jokes.