Not quite “Never Trumper,” but the president sought to put the “he doesn’t support me politically” label on Sondland that afternoon:
“I don’t know him very well. I have not spoken to him much. This is not a man I know well. He seems like a nice guy though,” Trump said.
“He was with other candidates. he actually supported other candidates. Not me — came in late,”
From The Hill
It seems that most of the spin for Trump is “Sondland said Trump said he wants nothing!” (see Sean Hannity) but it also seems that the president planted the “he's against me” seed just in case.