This was clearly meant to ridicule Trump's habit of pretending not to know his friends the moment they run into trouble - and here's how he described the guy who played a key role in his campaign, transition team, and administration:
"I haven't been dealing with him for a long period of time, as most of the people in this room know. He was involved in our campaign. He worked for Goldman Sachs. He worked for a lot of companies. But he was involved, likewise, in our campaign, and for a small part of the administration, very early on. I haven't been dealing with him at all.... [A]gain, Steve has had a great career at Goldman Sachs. He's had a career with a lot of other people. I haven't dealt with him at all, over years now -- literally, years."
So miss me with the feigned self-righteousness.