Trump and campaign manager Paul Manafort part ways

His expression of regret may come as a surprise to those who expected Bannon to reject any efforts by other advisers to polish Trump’s message in the home stretch of the general election.

The campaign said Manafort offered his resignation and Trump accepted it, thanking him for his help during the Republican convention and calling him a “true professional”.

It is no secret that many followers of Trump are as risky as he is; it is my opinion many have been indoctrinated by hate-radio and plainly just misled. He has concentrated on immigration, trade deals and law and order.

He insisted at rallies in Wisconsin and MI that he would do a better job than Hillary Clinton, his Democratic rival, at creating jobs and improving schools for black families. “What do you have to lose?” he asked amidst huge applause from the audience.

Donald Trump’s campaign turnaround plan on Friday featured the unorthodox candidate acting much like a conventional politician struggling to revive a presidential bid on the ropes.

Manafort, who formerly advised Ukrainian ex-president Viktor Yanukovych and lobbied for foreign dictators, was initially hired in March to avert a then-feared contested Republican convention – a situation that did not ultimately arise.

“He resigned because he thought the unfair and unfounded attacks on him would become a distraction and he doesn’t want to do anything that hurts the election of Trump”, Stone said.

Trump promises African-Americans a better future. Some 23 percent would not side with either candidate.

Trump’s visit was one of his first steps under new campaign leadership.

Mook kept up his criticism over Trump’s connections with Russian Federation, arguing that despite the departure of Manafort amid questions over his work for a pro-Russia political party in Ukraine, Trump should offer an accounting about his own ties to Russian Federation. Russian officials have rejected that accusation.

“You can get rid of Manafort, but that doesn’t end the odd bromance Trump has with Putin”, Robby Mook, Clinton’s campaign manager, said in a statement. Trump’s son, Eric Trump, said unflattering headlines about Manafort were taking a toll.

“Just imagine how many more jobs will be lost”, he said.

Trump’s hiring of Bannon was seen as a sign he would not hold back in his aggressive, unorthodox campaign manner.

In a highly uncharacteristic move at a rally in North Carolina on Thursday night, Trump said for the first time that he regrets some of the caustic comments he’s made in “the heat of debate”. But he’s running critically low on time to build an operation that can compete with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

Clinton’s campaign reported $38.2 million in disbursements for July, up from $34.5 million in June.

The final stretch of the protracted campaign traditionally starts after Labor Day, which falls on September 5 this year.

The Trump campaign has also said it would rely heavily on RNC organization on the ground across the country, rather than building out entirely new infrastructure for the campaign.

Trump headed to flood-damaged Louisiana to express solidarity with residents cleaning up after devastating flooding that left at least 13 people dead. “Her tenure as secretary of state may be regarded as the most disastrous in USA history”.