The only problem is that any answer can be followed up with “But why does x do/cause that?”, and any answer to that can in turn be followed by the same question.

People accept, the classical explanation, that mass attracts mass so gravity “makes sense”, but when it comes to magnets the explanation isn’t so natural-feeling so most want, or at least feel that there is, more of an explanation.

And when the only further explanation left is that it works that way because it does, people feel like the phenomena has gone unanswered.

Except he directly said just that.

Generally I agree that often he'll make some flub and a bigger deal is made of it. Like with the 'Miracle Mile' vs. 'Maginficent Mile' thing, he said the wrong thing but that's the least of the problems with that story and a fairly mundane and understandable mistake to make.

This time the statement is exactly as said, though real world consequences for it are similarly low.

You're right! He said that the magnets are new thing and he personally doesn't know how they work. It's so much better, it almost makes perfect sense, very smart president, bigly smart.

I like him cause he says what he thinks