It still likely would have been faster for him to write anything new in a new language. And, there wouldn't have been anything stopping him from using existing assembly code in conjunction with another language.
I would say his motivation was pretty crazy. One person making a well designed and polished video game is a pretty incredible feat regardless of the language.
I couldn't help but notice a lot of those arguments are based on procedures described in the constitution, a document which is strangely being ignored a lot lately.
Personally I doubt he will get a third term, but its certainly possible, and he will almost certainly try.