Was confusing visa waiver program with fiancé visa deliberate?

Tonight the President of the United States confused the visa waiver program – which tens of millions of Europeans & Japanese and Australians and others have used and still use to travel to America – with the fiancé visa.

I know most Americans would have no idea, but that would be the equivalent of a bank president confusing a $100 purchase on a credit card with a $100K loan to someone starting a new business. That's how much difference there is in oversight and vetting between the two methods of entry to the USA.

I can't help thinking that his error was deliberate to lead the American people to believe that that Tashfeen Malik was not subject to vetting and oversight before she entered America. That's simply not the case.