Why hope for something that isn’t going to happen? The likelihood of Trump to get from his 2016(31.5%) numbers in CA to even getting what Bush got in 2004(44.4%) is practically nil. It is better for Trump to concentrate on the the battleground states.
“It is better for Trump to concentrate on the the battleground states.”
Of course it is and Trump knows this. He said as much in 2016. Whwn asked he said if he wantred more votes nation wide he could have had them but the popular vote is not how elections are won.
The sole reason to go into States he can’t win would be to force his opponent to spend money there.