You say things work working in your view...if he hadn't said this and his behaviours continued to be the same...how would you be feeling? Probably pretty optimistic?
I keep wondering if you should just ask him to clarify what that statement meant. This is like working with blinders on.
OR again another option is to act AS IF all is well (and other than that statement it was), and see if there's any MEANING or INTENT behind his statement.
