Trump started off by saying that the number of people affected by the law is small, “but we have to take care of everyone, frankly.” He went on: “They have a law that, it’s a law that unfortunately is causing them some problems. I fully understand if they want to go through, but they are losing business and they are having a lot of people come out against.”

Did you catch that? On the one hand, Trump is saying the law is a bad idea, since there’s lost business and everyone has to be protected. On the other hand, he is saying that if they want to go through with a law that harms the state, they should feel free. That’s not a total reversal, but more of a slippery attempt to have it both ways.

“With me, I look at it differently, a community whether it’s North Carolina or local communities, really, they should be involved,” he added. “I think that local communities and states should make the decision. The federal government should not be involved.”

But that doesn’t really clear anything up. The question asked of Trump was never whether the federal government should get involved—though thanks to questions of federal funding for everything from highways to schools, it is automatically a player—but whether he thought the law was right. Moreover, the central question in HB2 is whether it is states or local communities that should make the decision. The law was passed by state legislators as a response to the city of Charlotte mandating transgender-bathroom accommodation, and HB2 specifically preempts local attempts to require accommodation or bar LGBT discrimination. Simply saying “local communities and states should make the decision” doesn’t actually answer anything about where Trump stands.

So what does Trump really believe about HB2? Your guess is as good as anyone’s.