This episode sounds--as you point out--utterly inconsistent (despite his hyarge Self-love) with his actual Chops. My wonderment is: small blood-clot or other unnoticed disablement? If it's about that pure-Ego which 'MUST' always have a riposte/even if stupid? then.. what a Clusterfuck in the-name-of Celebrity; anticipate your further checks/balances after delving..

(Next we may find that Santa's Elves™ have been taking stuff home in their lunch boxes) and the ghastly corpsicle of Roy Cohn shall be prosecuting them).
In Salem. On HDTV/$$-subscription only. :-/