I think DJT in (whenever that tape was recorded) and DJT in 2023 are probably <speculation> quite different people.

You don't take on a global mission to save the nation and the world and potentially sacrifice everything you have without becoming a difference person.

He wasn't President then. He was just an entrepreneur, living life, trying to be a good person, but not anyone with a public responsibility.

Anyway, opinions, opinions. That's just how I see it.

(moreover, I see a difference in the former statement and this particular meme..., but... opinions, opinions. The basic meme concept is solid, however.)