Whether or not he was told his claims are false, I quoted some of the missing context in my comment above. That context is why the shorter clip and summary of the conversation was misleading and wrong.

It's not misleading and it's not wrong. He made his goal clear. Listen to the full one hour of the phone call.

Please read my comments, I read the transcript. There's a link to it from your link. Unless you're saying CNN is outright making stuff up?

The article includes the phone call. Listen to the full one hour. You're making excuses for him that he doesn't deserve.