Byron York's Daily Memo: Trump thought he had the election won. And then ...
by Byron York, Chief Political Correspondent |
| August 27, 2020 08:14 AM
TRUMP THOUGHT HE HAD THE ELECTION WON. AND THEN... In an Oval Office conversation Wednesday, President Trump described what he says is the strong voter enthusiasm he is seeing on campaign trips. (Up next, on Friday: New Hampshire.) "I think we're doing much better than we did four years ago," the president said. Things were going so well on the trail earlier this year, before coronavirus hit, that the president said he believed victory was in his hands.
I asked Trump whether, last February, he thought he had the election in the bag. "Yeah, I thought it was over," he answered. "I saw the numbers. I thought it was over. I mean, how easy is it to campaign when you've established the greatest economy in history, you've rebuilt the military, you've cut taxes at the biggest rate ever, you've cut regulations more than any president -- in three and a half years, I've cut regulations more than any president, however long their term -- yeah, I thought it was over."
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