"Behind the scenes, Trump has reacted to the possibility of Biden and Swift teaming up against him this year not with alarm, but with an instant projection of ego. In recent weeks, the former president has told people in his orbit that no amount of A-list celebrity endorsements will save Biden. Trump has also privately claimed that he is ‘more popular’ than Swift is and that he has more committed fans than she does.”
“Last month, the source close to Trump adds, the ex-president commented to some confidants that it “obviously” made no sense that he was not named Time magazine’s 2023 Person of the Year — an honor that went to none other than Swift in December.”
Trump doesn’t do anything “privately”.
Just because he hasn’t blathered on about it nonsensically in incomplete fragments of word salad YET, doesn’t mean it won’t be the main thrust of his speech to the next gathering of idiots who come to hear him speak.
This is the exact type of thing that Trump speeches are filled with; random asides about how much better/popular/cognitive/etc… he is compared to his “detractors”.