>It literally directly contradicts the idea that what he is saying is, as you claim, “the truth”.

It's the truth from his perspective of how he runs his company and how he views the relationship with employees, not the idealist holy ground truth of how things should work. I imagined that was obvious when I made the statement with family.

It’s what he wants people to believe is the truth because he has an obvious commercial interest in them believing it and acting on that belief.