It's pointless to try to pin him down like this, because his explanations are so incoherent. Is it a confession? Is it a denial? Who knows. It's just word salad.

Salute from an Apollo user. (Or ex-Apollo user at this point.)

Throwing Muses song.

It's actually a decent Trek show, and had Kate Mulgrew as Janeway for bonus points. Way better Trek than Discovery and Picard, at least.