I honestly cannot understand my colleague

I am a General Manager serving as the Quality Team Leader.
There is a Management Team Leader, Director X.
An inspector for product inspection has been stationed here for two weeks now.
The quality staff are being dragged around like dogs all day long,
undergoing inspections and getting stressed out.
Tomorrow is a company-wide dinner, but I heard Director X told the inspector to come along
and even planned to seat them with the Quality Department.
I was so furious that I posted in the staff group chat:
"The staff are stressed out because of the inspector, so I don't understand why the inspector is coming to a company-wide dinner."
The Plant Manager said that since the new Vice President from headquarters is attending, the inspector should be excluded.
Director X also knows the new VP is coming, yet they still asked the inspector to join...
But then........
Director X came to me and said:
"Is the Quality Department feeling a bit uncomfortable? (with the inspector coming)
And if it's awkward for you to say anything, I'll go and say it myself."
????????????
What kind of mindset is this?
They are the one who invited the inspector to eat,
yet they tell me that if it's awkward to speak up, they'll do it????
What on earth do you all think about this?