‘The Presidential oath, which the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment surely knew, requires the President to swear to ‘preserve, protect and defend’ the Constitution — not to ‘support’ the Constitution,’ read a filing from the former president’s attorneys
I believe that he’s telling the truth in so far as he believes that he didn’t need to support or even abide by the Constitution as President. He was fond of claiming that “Article 2” gave him the ability to do anything he wanted.