And to make all that preparation possible before the energy from his fans fills him with adrenaline, he relies on a little bit of help.

“I’ll drink a ton of Diet Coke,” he admitted to GQ in 2020. “I couldn’t even tell you how many. It’s just sort of a constant supply.”

“On a normal day, I’ll have a couple,” he continued. “But on election night, I just keep it nearby and I’m just kind of regularly using it. These days [people] all tell you, ‘Oh, do you know what’s in that?’ And I say, ‘Well, no I don’t.’ But I guess it is supposed to be bad for you.”

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