Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump. Gates, who had worked with Manafort on Ukrainian issues, told the AP he and Manafort had consulted with the lobbying firms on Ukrainian politics, but called the actions lawful. “And I think that they’re going to hopefully look at opening their checkbooks to the idea that he’s fully committed to winning”, said Citizens United president David Bossie, who took over the Mercers’ PAC after Conway departed for the campaign.
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Rutenberg also discussed the contrasts and connections between Bannon and another Trump adviser, former Fox News chief Roger Ailes, and their respective outlets.
The good news is that Trump seems determined to fight through the campaign on his terms.
Bannon is a former banker turned Hollywood heavyweight who was responsible for running Breitbart News, a website known for attacking Democrats. Wednesday’s announcements come less than three months before Trump’s Election Day faceoff with Democrat Hillary Clinton, and roughly six weeks before early voting begins.
The leadership changes come as opinion polls show Trump, a wealthy NY businessman, falling behind Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the race for president.
Conway downplayed the notion of internal dissent at campaign headquarters at Trump Tower, telling The Associated Press the staffing changes are “an expansion at a critical time in the homestretch”. “He has long understood that this is a war in the information battle-space (something the right has failed to grasp despite the left’s smear machine against those with whom they disagree.) The media is out to destroy Donald Trump”.
Rick Gates, who has been traveling often with Trump, is expected to maintain a senior role with the campaign. There is no new Donald Trump – this is it. He also reportedly exercised regular veto power at the site over any Trump stories he didn’t like.
Bannon has circled Trump’s orbit in recent years and has been in touch with aides to the billionaire throughout the campaign.
Marginal Daily Caller writer (and former “senior editor”) Jamie Weinstein announced that he will spend Trump’s presidency on some kind of beach, where his lifestyle and that of his Huffington Post fiance Michelle Fields will presumably be financed by money that Weinstein did not earn himself in the world of journalism. I keep track of them.
“It’s not as if a majority of Americans now say, ‘I like her or I much trust her, ‘” Conway said. Trump, at the party’s insistence, fired Corey Lewandowski and hired Paul Manafort to shepherd the campaign to a position where they might actually have a chance appealing to demographic groups beyond Trump’s core of rabid supporters.
While building Trump’s political team into a functioning campaign, Manafort was brought on to try to steady Trump and turn him into a more polished, disciplined candidate.
Trump’s inability to connect to Mormon voters, who are more accustomed to cordiality than his famously brash temperament, has extended to Mormon strongholds in the West, including Arizona, swing state Nevada, Idaho and Wyoming. Even if Trump won Nevada, Arizona, Iowa, Ohio, and Florida, it wouldn’t put him over the top without either Pennsylvania or Virginia. “It manifests itself”, the source said. “They appreciate he’s not a scripted politician, but there’s a recognition that words do matter”. But some cautioned that such chatter was predictable and inevitable when any campaign faces tough times.
Trump trails Clinton in national opinion polls and in many battleground states, potentially facing a big defeat that could also cost Republicans congressional races.
It’s a question whether there is enough time for Republican Trump to overtake Democrat Hillary Clinton, because with early voting, balloting for the general election in many states starts in October – with Illinoisans able to vote beginning on September 29.
He has since faced a barrage of criticism from Republicans over his campaign style and his refusal to stick to a policy message.
“Everyone talks about, ‘Oh, you’ve got to pivot, ‘” Mr. Trump told a Wisconsin TV station on Tuesday.
“I am who I am”.
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Kellyanne and Democratic pollster Celinda Lake co-authored What Women Really Want: How American Women Are Quietly Erasing Political, Racial, Class, and Religious Lines to Change the Way We Live. “I don’t want to change”.
