Ukrainian journalist and member of parliament Serhiy Leshchenko points to a monitor displaying a page of an accounting book of the party of former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych with the signings of payments to Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort. “The conversations that I participated in, it was a mutual and a very mutually respectful decision”. “Paul is a true professional and I wish him the greatest success”.
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Clinton’s campaign has said Manafort’s associations are a troubling sign of ties between Trump’s campaign team and pro-Kremlin elements in Ukraine. I’m the campaign manager. In short, if Trump doesn’t want to pivot in either substance or style, Bannon isn’t likely to push him.
Aides to Clinton said the Bannon hire signals a raft of attacks and conspiracy theories will be emanating from the Trump camp over the next two-and-a-half months.
Conway told Cosby that it was “unlikely” that Manafort’s position would be filled. The friend added that’s not a knock on either of them, but just “how (Manafort) rolls”.
Eric Trump, Donald Trump’s son, also suggested the “distraction” of the Ukraine press was a major factor, according to Fox News.
The Republican nominee also said that “too much is at stake for us to be consumed with these issues”, little more than 80 days before the election against Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton, one in which he now trails according to numerous polls.
A pair of Republican congressman have also called for investigations into Manafort’s business past. “And I think he’s going to get this thing back on track”, said Reince Priebus, the Republican National Committee chairman.
Donald Trump is on the clock.
She added that the White House announced Friday that President Barack Obama was visiting flood-ravaged Louisiana on Tuesday exclusively because Trump and vice presidential candidate Mike Pence toured Baton Rouge earlier in the day.
Manafort, a longtime Washington fixture, was originally brought on in the spring to save Trump from a defeat at the Republican convention should Trump have failed to win enough delegates to clinch a first-ballot nomination.
Republican candidate Donald Trump’s presidential campaign on Friday, days after he was effectively demoted in a shake-up of the campaign’s leadership.
Trump has few loyal staffers devoted to his election working in the tightly contested states that will decide the election; little early investment in the data operation needed to help ensure his supporters vote; and no significant effort to take advantage of early voting, which begins next month in some states.
Roger Stone – Trump’s first political strategist, forced out last August. That type of one-on-one interaction with voters is a staple of most political campaigning, yet something Trump had mostly avoided in favor of large rallies.
Conway, a pollster who has been serving as a top adviser to the Republican nominee, was promoted to campaign manager.
Trump’s Russia connection became too hot when his campaign chair Paul Manafort’s ties to Ukraine’s pro-Russian government were exposed. “You can get rid of Manafort, but that doesn’t end the odd bromance Trump has with (Vladimir Putin)”, he said. The campaign paid about $2 million for private jets other than Trump’s own TAG Air, which also collected $500,000.
Lewandowski said Friday that he had nothing to do with the change, but said it marked a much-needed course correction before Labor Day.
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“I’ve never wanted to learn the language of the insiders, and I’ve never been politically correct – it takes far too much time, and can often make it more hard to achieve total victory”, Trump said at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina.
