That speech was something called a limited hangout, which is when you have a secret that people have figured out or are about to, so you partially reveal the truth mixed with disinformation in an attempt to distract from the really important parts of the secret that you still want to keep hidden.
That speech was something called a limited hangout, which is when you have a secret that people have figured out or are about to, so you partially reveal the truth mixed with disinformation in an attempt to distract from the really important parts of the secret that you still want to keep hidden.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_hangout