So we checked in with two senior Republicans close to Trump on his arms-length approach to Tuesday’s primary results. Here’s what we learned.

Trump was most stunned by the defeat of U.S. Rep. Jody Hice to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, and took note that Democratic crossover votes helped the incumbent stave off the challenge.

The former president was fully aware of polling that showed Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr far ahead of their Trump-backed opponents.

He was disappointed when Perdue’s campaign collapsed, and expected the former senator to have spent more of his own fortune on the campaign. Perdue pledged $500,000 of his own cash into his bid, though it’s unclear if he spent all of that sum.