I would normally reject this kind of reasoning but he literally just met with Trump. They appeared together at Mar-a-Lago appearing to be in good spirits and friendship. I'm certain they would have discussed this.

Part of me thinks this was Trump saying "just go with it. The American people will be so angry and disgusted with the whole thing, it'll be like aerosolizing the red pill, so you can't help but breathe it in, no matter where you are or how asleep you might be." Trump's clearly playing for the working poor who look at this kind of spending and think "this should be spent here in America. They're taking the money out of my paycheck every two weeks for this sh...."