It's all Gucci. Just like the time he blew the meeting with Pelosi and Schumer, the white house released a statement saying "It's a shame democrats don't want to meet with the president, we were hoping for a good meeting" it's a way of saying, let's work something out.

Him saying this is a great opportunity means he wants to meet again and wants to work it out, but he doesn't want to admit that he fucked up.