Exclusive | Miranda Devine: Trump confident ahead of midterms as he issues stark warning if Dems win Congress

As the president finished up the final rallies of his time in politics, he indulged in some rare introspection, admitting to feeling a little nostalgic and wishing he could run again.Having flown all over the country to do 26 rallies in the last month, an absurdly energetic 80-year-old Donald Trump took time to sit with The Post at the White House to reflect on Tuesday’s midterms, where his party is the underdog.He is optimistic, despite the polls, which hand both the House and the Senate to Democrats.“I think they’re rigged.I think a lot of pollsters don’t even send pollsters out.

I think they collect a big check [and] say they have 1,000 pollsters all over the country, and then they sit back behind the desk . . .I don’t know anybody that’s ever been polled.“Maybe they don’t poll Republicans, but I think we’re gonna do pretty well.

I do that based on the rallies.The rallies are as big as they’ve ever been.”He believes his unorthodox decision to inject himself into the midterms by hosting rallies has made a difference to the popularity of the Senate candidates he’s promoting with every ounce of marketing magic he can muster.He doesn’t get tired, despite getting home at 4 a.m.

some nights because, he says, “there’s such love in the room [or] the stadium . . .that it’s sort of easy to do.

In a sense, it does energize.You see the kind of love and respect that you have, and the country’s doing so well.

The real people know it.”He’s proud of the fact that, after he went to Ohio and praised Senate candidate and former star college football player Jon Husted as handsome with a “very powerful ass,” the Republican’s name recognition soared and women started seeing him in a new light.Trump claimed Husted jumped 12 points in the polls, although the official figures don’t show that.But no president has had such a talent for branding or eye for talent.Asked to choose his handsomest Cabinet member, out of the vice presid...