Trump, on the Trump intensity gap

Byron York, Washington Examiner

Trump said he “felt” a strong level of support even though Washington opinion influencers

counted him out. Yes, he commissioned some polling that, he said, “showed there was a tremendous thirst for what I was saying.” But he relied, to an enormous extent, on his own instincts to believe that he could come back. “I felt I had [emotional support],” Trump said. “I didn’t see it in the fake news, but I felt I had it. I felt I never lost it. I felt I could have run for office the week after Jan. 6 and done just as well.”