“I’ve always wanted to get the real Purple Heart”, Trump said, of the decoration awarded to U.S. service personnel, according to the Pentagon, who are wounded or killed in any action against an enemy of the United States or as a result of an act of any such enemy or opposing armed forces. One is Trump, and the other is Obama…
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That, in turn, revived fears among Republicans that Trump is too busy picking fights with everyone who insults him to run a disciplined campaign.
Leaders of Trump’s Republican Party last week distanced themselves from his spat with Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the American Muslim Gold Star parents who criticized Trump at last month’s Democratic National Convention.
Even if he wants to change, Trump has proven again and again that he can’t.
Earlier this week, Trump said he could not support McCain’s re-election bid because the senator “should have done a much better job for the vets”.
“He is a new candidate”, Giuliani said of Trump.
CNN reported on Tuesday that Trump’s campaign aides are increasingly frustrated by the candidate’s recent missteps. More recently, he’s been regularly advising Trump on domestic anti-terror initiatives. “I am still 100 percent for Trump”.
Trump’s stalwart defender and friend, Gov.
“I say, ‘Mike, you like him? Yes”.
Several top Republican figures, including some who have endorsed Donald Trump, are planning an “intervention” with the Republican nominee, following several catastrophic days that have left him under attack from all sides.
Still, one GOP strategist familiar with the discussions underway suggested a more informal meeting might occur, if not with outsiders, then with members of Trump’s family, who have exerted the most influence on him at past moments of crisis.
These three musketeers are also soliciting the help of Trump’s children to get a grip and start running a campaign that hasn’t become the clown show we’ve seen over the past couple of days.
Paul Manafort, Trump’s current campaign chair, refuted any claims of turmoil in an interview with Fox News Wednesday. He noted that Ronald Reagan had fired his campaign manager John Sears in 1980, and went on to defeat President Jimmy Carter.
“Trump’s not ideal”, said the former mayor.
“He’s the most aggressive guy I’ve ever met”, said this person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to give a candid assessment.
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Newt Gingrich, an ardent supporter of Donald Trump, said Wednesday “It is obvious from the polling data and everything we are seeing that Trump is making himself unacceptable next to Hillary Clinton”.
