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“I knew if I put one out there just keep running,” Garrett said.

In the end, Mr. Trump did not put one out, but aides said the tone was similar to his tweets in the evening, in which he appeared to take credit for Ms. Murphy’s decision to allow the transition to begin.

Sure enough, probably about five days later, a photo was going around online that somebody in Chelsea had put one out on their fire escape.

“I could write you another album this week that would probably be pretty good. I’m sorry to say that, but I know how to write a song and I could do it again. So, if I need to write another album and put one out next year, I’ll just do that. It’s not that big a deal.”

“I’ve always released a depth chart … why they don’t put one out is kind of silly to me,” he said.