A case of sour grapes?

Sure looks like that. Great observation of his cognitive abilities too. From the New York Post:

Lincoln Project co-founder met with Trump for campaign role in 2016
Well, this is a little awkward.

Steve Schmidt, one of the co-founders of anti-Trump political action group the Lincoln Project, met with then-candidate Donald Trump and tried to join his campaign during a 2016 Manhattan meeting, sources with knowledge of the conversation told The Post.

But the Republican operative — best known for his work on John McCain’s failed presidential bid before becoming one of the faces of the “Never Trump” movement — failed to get the gig because Trump thought he was a “total idiot,” one of the sources said.

And a bit more:

Fast forward to today and Schmidt and his Lincoln Project pals are some of the most vociferous opponents of Trump — a profitable gig for a group of people whose eyebrow-raising legal woes have sparked questions about motive and were documented by The Post last week.

In a buzzworthy New York Times op-ed last December, the band of conservatives painted themselves as noble crusaders against a “bogus prophet,” and their splashy ads deliberately designed to bait the president have raked in $20 million in fundraising cash.

Perhaps no one in the group has been more critical of the president than Schmidt who has described Trump as a “con man,” “idiot,” “imbecile,” “rancid and wretched fool,” “lethally stupid,” “grotesque,” and a “racist disgrace.”

But it wasn’t always this way.

More at the site. Glad that Schmidt never got hired. Right now, he is causing damage to Trump's election for the sole purpose of sour grapes and personal gain. This is without any morals or conscience. He is a spoiled little six-year-old throwing a tantrum. Veruca Salt comes to mind if you want a cultural reference. Fscking Paaaaathetic...