Here is a current example of how the MSM rolls from nbcnews.com
In an interview with Newsweek in 2022, Routh said he was 56 at the time and that he was from North Carolina and had flown to Ukraine from Hawaii. He complained about U.S. leadership as it related to Ukraine and urged greater support for the country from the U.S. government.
"This conflict is definitely black and white," he said. "This is about good versus evil."
Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, after Trump's term in the White House. Trump has promoted a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 election and has refused to say whether he wants Ukraine to win its war against Russia. He has also expressed admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
There was no immediate indication that Trump's stance on Ukraine motivated Routh's alleged actions Sunday.
So why did they include that middle paragraph (bold added) in the article? It has nothing to do with the current situation and issue. Even NBC's three points in that paragraph, when you read their other articles, are dependent on how you parse and interpret words and response and they don't include direct quote of the question.
If you are critically thinking about this article and why they included the paragraph the only conclusion I come to is NBC wants all their readers to remember - Orange Man Bad!