@PerryM he doesn't seem upset about it. He uses it in his rhetoric.
Really it's playing into his hands.
@PerryM to be clear, Trump is such a dishonest person that just because he may be riiling up his supporters by saying something on some cable news station, it doesn't mean he's actually upset about it.
It's his schtick. That's how trolls work.
The comparison has given conservatives plenty of red meat to grouse about.