That's not really relevant, just hollow words. His actions since then indicate very clearly what he really meant. He said for years that he couldn't act unilat

That's not really relevant, just hollow words. His actions since then indicate very clearly what he really meant. He said for years that he couldn't act unilaterally on immigration because "he isn't king". Yet once he realized he'd blown his last chance to get a friendly Congress to pass his agenda, he went ahead and acted unilaterally anyway.