He’s just signaling, the same smug snark “everything that entertains me is good” mentality, and people who probably ought to have a sufficiently functioning brain to detect that he isn’t on anyone’s side have decided instead that he is on theirs, and it’s “their turn now”, and basically the middle school cafeteria drama show becomes the story.
It’s truly embarrassing what we’ve become. Or, if you like, what we’ve remained, even though we damned well ought to know better by now.