Chris Molla couldn’t help the euphoria he felt days after more than 2,000 boats cruised Barnegat Bay in support of law enforcement and veterans – and, going by the focus of other media outlets, President Donald Trump. He had helped set a trend, after all.

“It’s a weird feeling to see yourself getting so much air time on a national level like that,” said Molla, a Stafford Township resident who, alongside Stafford Councilman George Williams, organized the flotilla which, he said at the time, was…