Ubuntu 18.04, Apache, php7.2, Wordpress (all plugins deactivated)

Can't figure this out. Trying to force all to https://www but here is the problem. If I enter the following domain, it loads.

https://www.example.com/post/

However, if I remove the 's' in the domain

http://www.example.com/post/

it reverts to this. Notice the trailing slash is gone after the .com, as well as the trailing slash at end of URL.

https://www.example.compost

from the very top of my 000-default.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerName example.com
   Redirect permanent / https://www.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

my htaccess

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^44\.66\.7\.278$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]
</IfModule>

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301] 
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

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