Sounds like you’re swallowed the narrative of the media scum hook, line and sinker.
Trump’s people are pros. They know the media is scum and seeks to attack them at every turn. Guaranteed when they sent out invitations they were told who would be endorsing and who would not be. So there announcement is genuine and sincere.
Then the media found a couple of disgruntled pastors via social media who were invited but who declined to endorse so they were not going. The scumbag media then sent out reports that Trump lied about the endorsements and you’ve bought into that.
Now, seeing the scumbag media poised for attack, the Trump people elect to keep the meeting private so that the pastors who are attending and endorsing won’t be harassed and targeted by having their names publicized.
So the media gets whipped because the Trump people will still be able to announce the endorsements but without revealing the names. One of the pastors will likely vouch for the endorsements thereby putting an end to the expected narrative that the Trump people are lying about the endorsements.
As conservatives and patriots sharpen their swords, they will ensure the scumbags in the media are frustrated and made to look foolish every day from now into the indefinite future. It’s so easy to set traps for the media A-holes.
I don’t think Trump **lied** about the endorsements. It does sound, though, based on Trump’s own press release from a few days ago, that Trump was bragging about endorsements when many had just signed up for a meeting.