Nice try, but your confusion theory doesn't hold water.
"..you just got one of the biggest pay raises you’ve ever received ... You haven’t gotten one in more than 10 years — more than 10 years. And we got you a big one. I got you a big one. I got you a big one.
"They had plenty of people that came up. They said, ‘You know, we could make it smaller. We could make it 3 percent. We could make it 2 percent. We could make it 4 percent.’ I said, ‘No. Make it 10 percent. Make it more than 10 percent.’ Because it’s been a long time. It’s been more than 10 years. It’s been more than 10 years."
If you want to tell yourself that this was simply confusion, fine, nothing will change your mind. But this was not confusion, it was a guy who makes sh*t up. We've seen it before (sure, if I run for President I'll release my taxes) and we'll see it again.
If you are right and this was just a confused old guy, then the confusion is of epic, demented proportions and he probably shouldn't be allowed near the nuclear button.