186,894 Republicans participated in the Iowa Caucus.
Trump got 45,425 votes.
So you're saying, that Trump is saying, that the remaining 141,427 Iowa Republicans don't appreciate that he's spending his money running, and if they did they would have voted for him?
Yes. Those are the ones he’s focused on. He’s saying that they should have factored in his independence more than they did, that he isn’t taking outside money which the other candidates are doing.
It would be hard to fault his own supporters with that since evidently they voted FOR him.
I believe he’s referring to those who jumped from him to someone else. That’s assuming the earlier polls were correct. Maybe they weren’t. But it does appear that he lost last minute support.
So, whatever their reason for jumping ship, he says they should have given more weight to his independence.
That’s my take, and I’m sticking with it. :>)