No offense, but I don't think you are looking deep enough. He's not talking to the skeptics, nor to his base. Neither of those groups' views will be changed in any way by what he said. As others on GAW have pointed out in other threads, he is creating a shift in perception.

Now it will be more difficult for some of his non-supporters to hold certain views, because those views now agree with what he has said in public.

His next few public appearances should be quite interesting.