Top Donald Trump Campaign Aide Quits in Shakeup

NY Times ^ | 4/18/2016 | Maggie Haberman and Ashley Parker

[Elderberry]

The national field director for Donald J. Trump’s campaign — who is a loyalist to Corey Lewandowski, the embattled campaign manager — resigned in a letter to Mr. Trump on Monday afternoon.

“I want to express my deepest gratitude for the opportunity to serve you and your campaign over the past 7 months,” Stuart Jolly, the director, wrote in his resignation letter. “The journey has been extraordinary and many experiences on this journey will never be forgotten.”

Mr. Jolly, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, was especially loyal to Mr. Lewandowski, whom he had worked with previously at Americans For Prosperity, the free enterprise advocacy group associated with the billionaire brothers Charles G. and David H. Koch.

In the letter, Mr. Jolly stressed to Mr. Trump that his departure “has nothing to do with you or Corey’s staff, because I have never worked with a finer group of people.” The letter, and a major staff meeting on Saturday, were reported by the website Politico.

“The friendships I have made through your campaign will last a lifetime; my hope is that ours will as well,” he wrote, calling Mr. Lewandowski “one of my best friends” and offering his availability in the future “if you ever need me for any reason.”

But the resignation was seen as a sign of distress among those loyal to Mr. Lewandowski about recent changes in the campaign that have curtailed his influence after a string of losses in states like Wisconsin and at state conventions to select delegates.

Mr. Jolly, whose first national campaign experience came this cycle under Mr. Trump and who was deployed to help the campaign in New Hampshire primary after a disappointing second-place finish in Iowa,

[MichaelCorleone]

That was a mistake on my part.

I was trying to express my appreciation to GilGil for his service to this country.

I should have been more careful to address the Lieutenant Colonel correctly.

[GilGil]

I should have been more careful to address the Lieutenant Colonel correctly.
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I remember during the Iran-Contra hearings of the late 1980’s Lieutenant Colonel Olly North was testifying before congress. He was being asked questions by one of the committee members who kept calling him Lieutenant. North finally had had enough and lectured the committee member that he was a lieutenant colonel which is a rank between a major and a colonel whereas a lieutenant is a rank between a sergeant and a captain. He asked to be properly addressed.

Military people live by rank and get really agitated when not properly recognized.

[armydawg505]

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