Polls tell the tale of a Trump campaign that has faltered.
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As he was still scrambling to tackle the backlash after his gun rights comments, Trump on August 10 handed the U.S. media new prime fodder after declaring that U.S. President Barack Obama “is the founder of ISIS”, referring to the extremist group Islamic State. Conway has gained Trump’s trust and is seen as someone who can communicate campaign weaknesses to the businessman better than Manafort, who irritated Trump with his emphasis on moderating in the general election.
On CNN’s State of the Union, anchorwoman Dana Bash played a clip of Trump saying “We’re going to have a deportation force, and you’re going to do it humanely. they’re going back where they came. that’s the way it’s supposed to be”, before asking Conway whether he still supported such a force.
Donald Trump blasted the media on Twitter last weekend, saying: If the disgusting and corrupt media covered me honestly and didnt put false meaning into the words I say, I would be beating Hillary by 20 percent..
Though more than half of Republicans wish someone other than Trump were their party’s nominee, only less than a third hold an unfavorable opinion of Trump.
Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson insists he won’t be a “volunteer apologist” for Donald Trump or anyone else who utters something stupid.
Earlier, he met in NY with a group of Hispanics advising his campaign.
Trump’s overarching intention was to sow fear in the marrow of America’s voters: Fear of uncontrolled crime and terrorism that “threaten our very way of life”.
“Donald Trump has been disciplined and mature”.
Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee Chairman, says, “I think he’s shown maturity”.
One statistic in a new poll shows just how badly Donald Trump has burned almost all bridges with American voters.
He added that there are “real questions being raised about whether Donald Trump himself is just a puppet for the Kremlin in this race”. On Wednesday there was a major campaign shake-up, in which Trump hired Conway and Breitbart executive Stephen Bannon.
A new style was immediately evident as Trump, in a first, offered regrets for any remarks that had caused offense, stuck with his teleprompter at a series of events, and paid a visit to flood-ravaged Louisiana.
Trump announced his first ad buy of the campaign.
Trump’s new campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, says voters are seeing a more focused candidate.
It’s still undecided whether Donald Trump will continue to support forced deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., his campaign manager said Sunday.
Clinton’s campaign responded by listing Trump’s clear calls for mass deportations over the past year and noting his favorable comparison of his plans to “Operation Wetback”, which were mass deportations carried out during the 1950s under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. “But also the pivot that he’s made is on substance”.
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“I’ve learned since being on the inside that this audit is a serious matter and that he has said that when the audit is complete, he will release his tax returns”, Conway said during an interview on ABC’s “This Week” that aired Sunday morning.
