"Indubitably. And handsome ones at that."
Posted on 08/03/2016 10:11:21 AM PDT by drewh
Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, has had success dealing with hard-to-manage dictatorial types.
But he is described by close friends as “frustrated” beyond measure by his inability to manage Trump in any sense.
Even longtime Trump friends such as former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani are shaking their heads at what they regard as his self-destructive knack for saying awful things at the worst times.
And insiders say Trump’s children; said to be a moderating influence at times; have neither the political knowledge nor the clout with their dad to restrain him, assuming that they indeed want to.
In all, the world of Republican operatives, insiders and elected officials has concluded rather late in the game that Trump is an unmanageable mess who can only win the presidency if Julian Assange, Vladimir Putin or a prosecutor somewhere destroys Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
“This election is going to be decided by outside events,” said a patient but perhaps overly optimistic Trump adviser. “If, that is, we can figure out how to get the candidate to use them.”
In a text, Manafort flatly denied the essence of a tweet by respected CNBC and New York Times reporter John Harwood saying Manafort had given up on the campaign, and said campaign spokesman Jason Miller would soon release a statement.
“The problem is that Trump watches TV every minute that he isn’t actually on his phone, either talking or tweeting,” said one adviser. “And then he gets angry at what he sees on TV and reacts.
“But I don’t think Manafort will quit,” the adviser said. “He’s come too far for too long in this business to stop now, no matter how frustrating. There is nothing Paul can do.”
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Huff and Puff jumps on the bandwagon - Trump scares them by refusing to back down to the liars and connivers of the world.
i kinda wish Lee Atwater was here, he would be having a ball right now...
Yeah, theme for the second half of the week, it seems.
"Indubitably. And handsome ones at that."
/r/the_Donald fo life!
“Respected?” Hardwood?
By who?
did we give up when the germans took out pearl harbor??!! hes on a roll...
The Germans did not take out Pearl Harbor. The Japanese did.
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