The viral interpretation of Kratsios's comment reflects the growing impact of social media in framing public understanding of government messaging.
While the White House has not issued a formal clarification, the speech's wording suggests the phrase was metaphorical—intended to refer to the transformative nature of modern innovation, not literal manipulation of space-time, or the invention of time travel.
Look who's talking about "framing" with a fucking headline like that. Damn clickbait, and doesn't even provide the context that suggests the sentence is metaphorical... It's not the Onion, but it's not journalism either.