President Trump is head of the Republican party, why shouldn’t he want more votes? It’s his job to recruit for the party, unless you want another do nothing Paul Ryan who works for Paul Ryan.
The statement was not in proper context of the call so made to look like a thing that it wasn't because that's the partisan press narrative (Orange Man Bad).
They're even comparing Trump to Hitler (literally making the comparison) and saying he's exhibiting a "bunker mentality," etc.
Should he have won reelection? YES. If not for Covid, I suspect that would've been a lock. I generally believe the Dems scammed & manipulated the system while intimidating low information voters into voting for their candidate.
In GA it feels like you can't go 10 feet without Ossoff/Warnock signage in English & Spanish. They are walking door to door. Many mail boxes have been vandalized in my community, including mine. I wonder what the motivation was. Was it political?