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| Donald Trump appoints Breitbart chief in shakeup that demotes Paul Manafort | |
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| Donald Trump has hired Breitbart News’s Stephen Bannon as CEO and promoted pollster Kellyanne Conway to campaign manager in a shakeup that represents a demotion for the Republican nominee’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. | Donald Trump has hired Breitbart News’s Stephen Bannon as CEO and promoted pollster Kellyanne Conway to campaign manager in a shakeup that represents a demotion for the Republican nominee’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. |
| The move comes just 82 days before the November election and represents yet another overhaul of the organisation in Trump’s tumultuous quest for the White House. | The move comes just 82 days before the November election and represents yet another overhaul of the organisation in Trump’s tumultuous quest for the White House. |
| Trump said Bannon and Conway were “big people” who would help him defeat Hillary Clinton. “I’ve known both of them for a long time. They’re terrific people, they’re winners, they’re champs, and we need to win it,” he said. | Trump said Bannon and Conway were “big people” who would help him defeat Hillary Clinton. “I’ve known both of them for a long time. They’re terrific people, they’re winners, they’re champs, and we need to win it,” he said. |
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| Bannon is a former investment banker and the executive chairman of Breitbart News, a conservative news and opinion website that has a largely positive perspective on Trump. Conway has acted as a senior adviser and pollster to Trump’s campaign. | Bannon is a former investment banker and the executive chairman of Breitbart News, a conservative news and opinion website that has a largely positive perspective on Trump. Conway has acted as a senior adviser and pollster to Trump’s campaign. |
| Manafort will maintain his current title, Trump said, but the shakeup nevertheless represents a demotion for the man who formally took the reins following the departure of Corey Lewandowski in June. Manafort’s deputy, Rick Gates, who has been traveling often with Trump, is expected to maintain a senior role with the campaign. | |
| The news, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, comes as opinion surveys show Trump trailing Clinton nationally and in a host of key battleground states. | The news, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, comes as opinion surveys show Trump trailing Clinton nationally and in a host of key battleground states. |
| Trump has long resisted pleas from fellow Republicans to overhaul the flame-throwing approach on the campaign trail that powered his surge to the top of the GOP field in the primary season. Instead of working to broaden his appeal, Trump has largely stuck to the large rallies and attention-grabbing comments that appealed to the Republican base. | Trump has long resisted pleas from fellow Republicans to overhaul the flame-throwing approach on the campaign trail that powered his surge to the top of the GOP field in the primary season. Instead of working to broaden his appeal, Trump has largely stuck to the large rallies and attention-grabbing comments that appealed to the Republican base. |
| “You know, I am who I am,” he told a local Wisconsin television station on Tuesday. “It’s me. I don’t want to change. Everyone talks about, ‘Oh, well you’re going to pivot, you’re going to’. I don’t want to pivot. I mean, you have to be you. If you start pivoting, you’re not being honest with people.” | “You know, I am who I am,” he told a local Wisconsin television station on Tuesday. “It’s me. I don’t want to change. Everyone talks about, ‘Oh, well you’re going to pivot, you’re going to’. I don’t want to pivot. I mean, you have to be you. If you start pivoting, you’re not being honest with people.” |
| Conway called the moves “an expansion at a critical time in the homestretch”. Details of the new pecking order were hashed out at a lengthy senior staff meeting at Trump Tower on Tuesday while the Republican nominee was on the road. Additional senior hires are expected in the next few days. | Conway called the moves “an expansion at a critical time in the homestretch”. Details of the new pecking order were hashed out at a lengthy senior staff meeting at Trump Tower on Tuesday while the Republican nominee was on the road. Additional senior hires are expected in the next few days. |
| Related: How Trump's campaign chief got a strongman elected president of Ukraine | |
| Trump, whose campaign is built on his persona as a winner, said several times that the campaign is doing well, and said his speech hours earlier in Wisconsin Tuesday was well received. “We’re going to be doing something very dramatic,” he added. | Trump, whose campaign is built on his persona as a winner, said several times that the campaign is doing well, and said his speech hours earlier in Wisconsin Tuesday was well received. “We’re going to be doing something very dramatic,” he added. |
| Trump’s campaign announced on Tuesday that it would finally begin airing its first ads of the general election next week in Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. | Trump’s campaign announced on Tuesday that it would finally begin airing its first ads of the general election next week in Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. |
| While polls have shown Clinton building a lead following the Philadelphia convention, Democrats are fearful that a depressed voter turnout might diminish support among the minority, young and female voters who powered Obama to two victories. Clinton said during a voter registration event at a Philadelphia high school that she’s “not taking anybody anywhere for granted” in the race for the White House, saying the stakes “could not be higher”. | While polls have shown Clinton building a lead following the Philadelphia convention, Democrats are fearful that a depressed voter turnout might diminish support among the minority, young and female voters who powered Obama to two victories. Clinton said during a voter registration event at a Philadelphia high school that she’s “not taking anybody anywhere for granted” in the race for the White House, saying the stakes “could not be higher”. |