[dragonwriter]

> Trump parroted the language in the request by Chris Wallace

No, he didn't. And while he does have trouble focussing long enough to string together a full coherent sentence, he's not so incompetent with words and shirt phrases to not understand the difference with, or to a inadvertently swap, the terms with very different meaning “stand back”, and particularly “stand by” when intending to repeat “stand down”.

“stand down” means to demobilize.

“stand back” means to pause, usually for planning or emotional reflection.

“stand by” means to be ready for action or orders.