Which makes this post by Trump all the more strategic: declare victory because the average person can assume it's a victory, and if the switch is indeed flipped overnight, the feeling of betrayal is that much more strong, because emotionally you already started to cling to the idea of victory. He's creating an emotional peak, so if there's an emotional valley, the disparity is greater, causing more outrage.

This is good because a motivated base is a strong base. And that motivation is primed for something greater up Qs sleeve.