He’s cutting the foreign agent MSM meme short because he’s going to hammer Hillary on foreign money and favors in ads. The MSM would parry with “they all do it” and “hypocrite” if Manafort were still there...not too mention keep up the Russian bogeyman for the coming hack revelations - tying Putin to Trump as ridiculous as that is.
Manafort will not be calling the shots now and I don’t think he’s the kind of guy to ride along while others do call them. For both of these reasons, he’s leaving - probably on his own advice.
Good to do the hatchet work before Labor Day, things will get white hot after.
Pretty good assessments from you both. Thanks. I am less concerned now.