Let's be real, what happened at the dinner was absolutely true and all outlets that reported confirmed it and the next morning on his tweets he didn't denied it and basically said it was true.
The backlash that came after is what's causing the whole problem right now. He has no core ideology and beliefs and is swayed by who he talked to last and just wants good press..this article that came out yesterday explains it
https://www.axios.com/trumps-new-wor..._term=politics