He added, accidentally stubbing his toe on a truth, that running for president without the Electoral College would involve “a totally different campaign.” Which, he does not realize, is one reason for retaining the Electoral College.
I think Will, intentionally or unintentionally, cut off a latter portion of Trump's remark. IIRC, Trump went on to say that it would be easier to campaign in the large cities in a few states than having to travel to so many smaller states.
Sorry, George, but Trump knew more about the Electoral College than you are giving him credit for. After all, he seemed to know which states to campaign in -- certainly more than Hillary and her entourage of experts seemed to know.