Insight and self-reflection are only used as gambits when they're on the back foot, he would never be this conciliatory or humble if the GOP had won more seats than they lost. Now they want to sound reasonable because it garners sympathy. "Unity" and "forgiveness" are just tactics, they'd never offer such olive branches if the roles were reversed.

Dave Chappelle did the same thing on SNL in December of 2020. He said "it's good to be a humble winner. Remember how bad [2016] felt? All that anguish? Please remember that half the country still feels that way." Less than 1 month later, Trump kicked off an insurrection to overthrow the results of the election. And Republicans still saw fit to elect him again just 3 years later. I'll never fall for these crocodile tears again.