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| Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigns – politics live | Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigns – politics live |
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| Clinton up 7 points in 4-way race – Reuters/Ipsos | |
| A new Reuters/Ipsos national poll finds Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump 41-34. The margin is right on the money with polling averages. | |
| The poll was conducted over August 14-18: | |
| Clinton also led a separate Reuters/Ipsos poll that asked people to choose between Clinton, Trump, Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and Jill Stein of the Green Party. Some 41 percent supported Clinton and 34 percent supported Trump. Among alternative-party candidates, Johnson came in third with 7 percent and about 2 percent supported Stein. | |
| Clinton leads Trump by eight points: Reuters/Ipsos poll https://t.co/xQap8qcbJY | |
| Pew Research released a poll Thursday with Clinton up four points in a four-way race. | |
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| It’s not happy hour yet – is it? – but if you’re in Midtown, only 90 minutes remain until Trump Bar in the eponymous tower will start serving $5 draughts. What’s the scene like? Would you believe mildly paranoiac? | It’s not happy hour yet – is it? – but if you’re in Midtown, only 90 minutes remain until Trump Bar in the eponymous tower will start serving $5 draughts. What’s the scene like? Would you believe mildly paranoiac? |
| Joshua David Stein dropped in for a visit earlier this week for the Guardian: | Joshua David Stein dropped in for a visit earlier this week for the Guardian: |
| On Wednesday, after news of yet another campaign shakeup, I wondered if his supporters had started to see the beginning of the end. So I headed to Trump Bar, a rare refuge of Trumpism in liberal Manhattan, to find out if they were drowning their sorrows. [...] | On Wednesday, after news of yet another campaign shakeup, I wondered if his supporters had started to see the beginning of the end. So I headed to Trump Bar, a rare refuge of Trumpism in liberal Manhattan, to find out if they were drowning their sorrows. [...] |
| I asked Andy about the bad news surrounding his candidate this week, but before Andy could respond, his friend appeared. “Look man,” he told me, “I’m just trying to show him a good time. We’re not here to talk. Tell him ‘no comment’.” “No comment,” said Andy. Trump supporters appeared to follow the same media strategy as their candidate: don’t answer questions you don’t like – shut them out instead. | I asked Andy about the bad news surrounding his candidate this week, but before Andy could respond, his friend appeared. “Look man,” he told me, “I’m just trying to show him a good time. We’re not here to talk. Tell him ‘no comment’.” “No comment,” said Andy. Trump supporters appeared to follow the same media strategy as their candidate: don’t answer questions you don’t like – shut them out instead. |
| Read the full piece here: | Read the full piece here: |
| Related: Happy hour at Trump Bar: a bastion of unbridled enthusiasm for the Donald | Related: Happy hour at Trump Bar: a bastion of unbridled enthusiasm for the Donald |
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| Trump in Louisiana: 'just here to help' | Trump in Louisiana: 'just here to help' |
| Donald Trump struck a somber tone as he toured the flood damage in Louisiana — but still managed to get in a jab at President Barack Obama, reports the Associated Press: | Donald Trump struck a somber tone as he toured the flood damage in Louisiana — but still managed to get in a jab at President Barack Obama, reports the Associated Press: |
| In brief remarks in Ascension Parish, Trump made an appeal for more aid to the area and said he was “just here to help.” | In brief remarks in Ascension Parish, Trump made an appeal for more aid to the area and said he was “just here to help.” |
| Trump was also there to strike a contrast to Obama, who is on vacation and has not visited the area. | Trump was also there to strike a contrast to Obama, who is on vacation and has not visited the area. |
| When a woman told Trump she was happy he wasn’t off playing golf, Trump replied: “Somebody is, somebody is that shouldn’t be.” | When a woman told Trump she was happy he wasn’t off playing golf, Trump replied: “Somebody is, somebody is that shouldn’t be.” |
| Trump later added that “nobody understands how bad it is.” | Trump later added that “nobody understands how bad it is.” |
| The White House has said Obama has received regular updates about the flooding and the federal response during his vacation. | The White House has said Obama has received regular updates about the flooding and the federal response during his vacation. |
| He is due back in Washington on Sunday. | He is due back in Washington on Sunday. |
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| What I learned by reading only Breitbart | What I learned by reading only Breitbart |
| Adam Gabbatt | Adam Gabbatt |
| The Guardian’s Adam Gabbatt, claiming not to have been previously a regular Breitbart reader, immersed himself in the site for two days to see what all the fuss is about. Here’s part of his report: | The Guardian’s Adam Gabbatt, claiming not to have been previously a regular Breitbart reader, immersed himself in the site for two days to see what all the fuss is about. Here’s part of his report: |
| To gain clarity following yet another Trump campaign shakeup, I read Breitbart exclusively for two days, eschewing all other news sources. (The Guardian included. Apart from its soccer coverage.) | To gain clarity following yet another Trump campaign shakeup, I read Breitbart exclusively for two days, eschewing all other news sources. (The Guardian included. Apart from its soccer coverage.) |
| It offered an insight into not just the popularity of Breitbart – the site boasted 31 million unique visitors in July – but also how it appeals to its readers. And it’s not as straightforward as you might imagine. | It offered an insight into not just the popularity of Breitbart – the site boasted 31 million unique visitors in July – but also how it appeals to its readers. And it’s not as straightforward as you might imagine. |
| The first thing you notice when visiting Breitbart is its idiosyncratic presentation. Every headline is in capitals. It implies a sense of significance and dire urgency. | The first thing you notice when visiting Breitbart is its idiosyncratic presentation. Every headline is in capitals. It implies a sense of significance and dire urgency. |
| It screams at you. “THIS IS IMPORTANT,” is the effect. “THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS.” “THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS COUNTRY GOING TO HELL IN A HANDCART.” | It screams at you. “THIS IS IMPORTANT,” is the effect. “THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS.” “THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS COUNTRY GOING TO HELL IN A HANDCART.” |
| The last of those points is an example of how well Breitbart knows its audience. | The last of those points is an example of how well Breitbart knows its audience. |
| This doomsday approach makes it seem like Breitbart readers want to feel that everything is rotten. They want to feel irate. They want to feel that disaster is impending – unless their guys can fix it. | This doomsday approach makes it seem like Breitbart readers want to feel that everything is rotten. They want to feel irate. They want to feel that disaster is impending – unless their guys can fix it. |
| There are actually some jobs that foreigners will do that Americans won't. @adamgabbatt demonstrates for @GuardianUS https://t.co/RMzSHy2LtN | There are actually some jobs that foreigners will do that Americans won't. @adamgabbatt demonstrates for @GuardianUS https://t.co/RMzSHy2LtN |
| @Bencjacobs is "soccer" Guardian house style now? And they say America never wins | @Bencjacobs is "soccer" Guardian house style now? And they say America never wins |
| #winning https://t.co/94sgYZZPC9 | #winning https://t.co/94sgYZZPC9 |
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| Here’s a graphic via the Washington Post depicting staff turnover on the Trump campaign. | Here’s a graphic via the Washington Post depicting staff turnover on the Trump campaign. |
| There is one person who has a shot at making it wire-to-wire: spokeswoman Hope Hicks. | There is one person who has a shot at making it wire-to-wire: spokeswoman Hope Hicks. |
| This is helpful https://t.co/5s3FVWvi5O pic.twitter.com/vnJMVroV4r | This is helpful https://t.co/5s3FVWvi5O pic.twitter.com/vnJMVroV4r |
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| Former Romney finance chair backs Clinton | Former Romney finance chair backs Clinton |
| Sabrina Siddiqui | Sabrina Siddiqui |
| Hillary Clinton earned the endorsement of Mitt Romney’s former finance chair on Friday, marking the latest defection among Republicans from nominee Donald Trump, writes Guardian politics reporter Sabrina Siddiqui: | Hillary Clinton earned the endorsement of Mitt Romney’s former finance chair on Friday, marking the latest defection among Republicans from nominee Donald Trump, writes Guardian politics reporter Sabrina Siddiqui: |
| David Nierenberg, who led Romney’s finance efforts during the 2012 election, said he was convinced Trump’s “character, temperament, and behavior” was disqualifying for any individual seeking the highest office in the nation. | David Nierenberg, who led Romney’s finance efforts during the 2012 election, said he was convinced Trump’s “character, temperament, and behavior” was disqualifying for any individual seeking the highest office in the nation. |
| “Trump is the most dangerous major party presidential candidate in my lifetime, maybe in American history,” Nierenberg wrote in an op-ed for CNBC.com. | “Trump is the most dangerous major party presidential candidate in my lifetime, maybe in American history,” Nierenberg wrote in an op-ed for CNBC.com. |
| “I don’t think he’s fit to be our president. He speaks positively about foreign dictators and acts like one himself.” | “I don’t think he’s fit to be our president. He speaks positively about foreign dictators and acts like one himself.” |
| Earlier this month, Meg Whitman, another former Romney finance chair, also threw her support behind Clinton. | Earlier this month, Meg Whitman, another former Romney finance chair, also threw her support behind Clinton. |
| Romney has himself ranked among Trump’s most vociferous critics and delivered a high-profile speech against the real estate mogul in March, despite celebrating his endorsement while running for president in 2012. The former Massachusetts governor has said he will vote for neither Trump nor Clinton in November. | Romney has himself ranked among Trump’s most vociferous critics and delivered a high-profile speech against the real estate mogul in March, despite celebrating his endorsement while running for president in 2012. The former Massachusetts governor has said he will vote for neither Trump nor Clinton in November. |
| Nierenberg said he would cast his vote for Republicans down the ballot, but felt compelled to support Clinton for the presidency – praising her as “a steady hand on the tiller.” | Nierenberg said he would cast his vote for Republicans down the ballot, but felt compelled to support Clinton for the presidency – praising her as “a steady hand on the tiller.” |
| “We cannot afford the risk of a man whose temperament and behavior are erratic,” he added of Trump. | “We cannot afford the risk of a man whose temperament and behavior are erratic,” he added of Trump. |
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| Clinton camp accuses Trump of 'bromance' with Putin | Clinton camp accuses Trump of 'bromance' with Putin |
| Paul Manafort’s ties to “pro-Kremlin elements” are “just the beginning of Donald Trump’s “odd bromance” with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Trump campaign manager Robby Mook says in a statement. | Paul Manafort’s ties to “pro-Kremlin elements” are “just the beginning of Donald Trump’s “odd bromance” with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Trump campaign manager Robby Mook says in a statement. |
| The Clinton camp has produced a video to illustrate what it depicts as parallel messaging by Trump and Putin. | The Clinton camp has produced a video to illustrate what it depicts as parallel messaging by Trump and Putin. |
| Here’s the statement, which also calls on Trump to “come clean on his own business dealings with Russian interests”: | Here’s the statement, which also calls on Trump to “come clean on his own business dealings with Russian interests”: |
| Paul Manafort’s resignation is a clear admission that the disturbing connections between Donald Trump’s team and pro-Kremlin elements in Russia and Ukraine are untenable. But this is not the end of the story. It’s just the beginning. You can get rid of Manafort, but that doesn’t end the odd bromance Trump has with Putin. Trump still has to answer serious questions hovering over his campaign given his propensity to parrot Putin’s talking points, the roster of advisers like Carter Page and Mike Flynn with deep ties to Russia, the recent Russian government hacking and disclosure of Democratic Party records, and reports that Breitbart published articles advocating pro-Kremlin positions on Ukraine. It’s also time for Donald Trump to come clean on his own business dealings with Russian interests, given recent news reports about his web of deep financial connections to business groups with Kremlin ties.” | Paul Manafort’s resignation is a clear admission that the disturbing connections between Donald Trump’s team and pro-Kremlin elements in Russia and Ukraine are untenable. But this is not the end of the story. It’s just the beginning. You can get rid of Manafort, but that doesn’t end the odd bromance Trump has with Putin. Trump still has to answer serious questions hovering over his campaign given his propensity to parrot Putin’s talking points, the roster of advisers like Carter Page and Mike Flynn with deep ties to Russia, the recent Russian government hacking and disclosure of Democratic Party records, and reports that Breitbart published articles advocating pro-Kremlin positions on Ukraine. It’s also time for Donald Trump to come clean on his own business dealings with Russian interests, given recent news reports about his web of deep financial connections to business groups with Kremlin ties.” |
| Here’s the video, “Why do Trump and Putin sound so much alike?”: | Here’s the video, “Why do Trump and Putin sound so much alike?”: |
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| It’s Friday, and here’s a Bad Lip Reading take on the Democratic national convention, and as the last post will have made clear, you ought to #ff @zekejmiller: | It’s Friday, and here’s a Bad Lip Reading take on the Democratic national convention, and as the last post will have made clear, you ought to #ff @zekejmiller: |
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| Clinton: Louisiana 'can't afford any distractions' | Clinton: Louisiana 'can't afford any distractions' |
| Here’s Hillary Clinton’s play against Trump’s Louisiana trip today. | Here’s Hillary Clinton’s play against Trump’s Louisiana trip today. |
| Clinton has posted a message on Facebook saying that she has just spoken with the state governor and advising that the “relief effort can’t afford any distractions.” The statement echoes messaging from the governor himself yesterday, discouraging the president from visiting and warning Trump against a mere “photo-op” drop-in. | Clinton has posted a message on Facebook saying that she has just spoken with the state governor and advising that the “relief effort can’t afford any distractions.” The statement echoes messaging from the governor himself yesterday, discouraging the president from visiting and warning Trump against a mere “photo-op” drop-in. |
| Here’s the Clinton statement: | Here’s the Clinton statement: |
| Clinton takes a shot at Trump’s LA visit: "the relief effort can't afford any distractions.” pic.twitter.com/TMMcDlM9fI | Clinton takes a shot at Trump’s LA visit: "the relief effort can't afford any distractions.” pic.twitter.com/TMMcDlM9fI |
| Update: the new Trump campaign manager replies: | Update: the new Trump campaign manager replies: |
| This actually is not a "response"; it is a predictable screed. But we definitely are back in their heads. https://t.co/UZjus6pKyD | This actually is not a "response"; it is a predictable screed. But we definitely are back in their heads. https://t.co/UZjus6pKyD |
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| Cruz's popularity dives after convention | Cruz's popularity dives after convention |
| Republicans have never been particularly in love with Ted Cruz, whose scorched-Earth tactics in the senate brought some bad press down on the party and constituted a big pain in the tuckus for the Republican leadership. | Republicans have never been particularly in love with Ted Cruz, whose scorched-Earth tactics in the senate brought some bad press down on the party and constituted a big pain in the tuckus for the Republican leadership. |
| But Cruz’s stock was rising after he suspended his presidential campaign in the lead-up to the national convention, according to polling by Gallup. | But Cruz’s stock was rising after he suspended his presidential campaign in the lead-up to the national convention, according to polling by Gallup. |
| Cruz’s convention performance, however – he resisted pressure to endorse Trump, instead urging Republicans to vote their conscience – sent his numbers right back to where they were in May. | Cruz’s convention performance, however – he resisted pressure to endorse Trump, instead urging Republicans to vote their conscience – sent his numbers right back to where they were in May. |
| Cruz is seen as a near-sure bet to run for president again in 2020. But a poll this week indicated that Cruz may be vulnerable in his 2018 senate reelection bid. The wisdom of his bet against Trump is TBD. | Cruz is seen as a near-sure bet to run for president again in 2020. But a poll this week indicated that Cruz may be vulnerable in his 2018 senate reelection bid. The wisdom of his bet against Trump is TBD. |
| Holy crap. Ted Cruz’s net favorable rating among Republicans has fallen by 35 points since pre-convention (Gallup). pic.twitter.com/COB6V4FYr3 | Holy crap. Ted Cruz’s net favorable rating among Republicans has fallen by 35 points since pre-convention (Gallup). pic.twitter.com/COB6V4FYr3 |
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| Via Bloomberg politics, a video compilation of Trump’s verbal tics, from A to Z: | Via Bloomberg politics, a video compilation of Trump’s verbal tics, from A to Z: |
| The Trump ABCs—every idiom, expression & filler phrase Trump has ever used—from A to Z. By @NdiayeMn9 & @MattNegrin:https://t.co/8gtrB8QdUD | The Trump ABCs—every idiom, expression & filler phrase Trump has ever used—from A to Z. By @NdiayeMn9 & @MattNegrin:https://t.co/8gtrB8QdUD |
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| Watch Trump's first ad | Watch Trump's first ad |
| The Donald Trump campaign’s first TV ad buys of the general election campaign landed yesterday. They’re spending a total of about $4m in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania – that’s more than $40m short of what the Hillary Clinton campaign and sympathetic outside groups have spent in those states so far. | The Donald Trump campaign’s first TV ad buys of the general election campaign landed yesterday. They’re spending a total of about $4m in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania – that’s more than $40m short of what the Hillary Clinton campaign and sympathetic outside groups have spent in those states so far. |
| The first official Trump TV ad draws a contrast between “Hillary Clinton’s America” and Trump’s America. In Clinton’s America, the narrator says, “the system stays rigged” and a “flood” of refugees and “illegal immigrants” threaten the national well being. | The first official Trump TV ad draws a contrast between “Hillary Clinton’s America” and Trump’s America. In Clinton’s America, the narrator says, “the system stays rigged” and a “flood” of refugees and “illegal immigrants” threaten the national well being. |
| Trump’s America is “secure...secure...safe...safe.” | Trump’s America is “secure...secure...safe...safe.” |
| Watch it here: | Watch it here: |
| What do you think? Could the ad help capture the middle-ground voters Trump needs, or is too tailored to his base? | What do you think? Could the ad help capture the middle-ground voters Trump needs, or is too tailored to his base? |
| Trump's first TV ad warns of a "rigged" system - with an image of someone going to vote. | Trump's first TV ad warns of a "rigged" system - with an image of someone going to vote. |
| So Trump's stealing "Two Americas" from John Edwards? Makes perfect sense, actually. https://t.co/cKUS2bNKDp | So Trump's stealing "Two Americas" from John Edwards? Makes perfect sense, actually. https://t.co/cKUS2bNKDp |
| This is Trump ad is basically a re-run of Pete Wilson's 1994 ads: https://t.co/C5bjpYvB1M @AlbertsonB2 https://t.co/dz0pbX5bId | This is Trump ad is basically a re-run of Pete Wilson's 1994 ads: https://t.co/C5bjpYvB1M @AlbertsonB2 https://t.co/dz0pbX5bId |
| This is one of the more effective Democratic GOTV ads I've seen. https://t.co/1QuxI5BQSq | This is one of the more effective Democratic GOTV ads I've seen. https://t.co/1QuxI5BQSq |
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| Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is on CNN, which is his day job. | Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is on CNN, which is his day job. |
| For the record, Lewandowski says, he will never get tired of winning: | For the record, Lewandowski says, he will never get tired of winning: |
| Corey Lewandowski on his @sissenberg retweet:"I will never get tired of winning.""I didn't win, but I thought it was funny." | Corey Lewandowski on his @sissenberg retweet:"I will never get tired of winning.""I didn't win, but I thought it was funny." |
| Lewandowski notes John Kerry had staff shakeups in Sept of 2004CNN Host: "He lost in 2004, Corey" | Lewandowski notes John Kerry had staff shakeups in Sept of 2004CNN Host: "He lost in 2004, Corey" |
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| Just last month, LA GOP Rep blocked Obama effort to map new floodplains for climate change era. What a leader! https://t.co/6ekKdYIInZ | Just last month, LA GOP Rep blocked Obama effort to map new floodplains for climate change era. What a leader! https://t.co/6ekKdYIInZ |
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| Eric Trump: Manafort was a distraction | Eric Trump: Manafort was a distraction |
| Was Manafort’s departure a resignation or a firing? | Was Manafort’s departure a resignation or a firing? |
| The second Trump son has told Fox Business that Trump did not want to be “distracted by whatever things Paul was dealing with.” | The second Trump son has told Fox Business that Trump did not want to be “distracted by whatever things Paul was dealing with.” |
| Things Paul is dealing with include the revelation two days ago that he may have violated a federal law requiring lobbyists to tell the justice department if they represent foreign entities (read further). | Things Paul is dealing with include the revelation two days ago that he may have violated a federal law requiring lobbyists to tell the justice department if they represent foreign entities (read further). |
| .@EricTrump gives @MariaBartiromo his perspective on @PaulManafort resignation - more on @SundayFutures this weekend pic.twitter.com/xjjXzHvsWY | .@EricTrump gives @MariaBartiromo his perspective on @PaulManafort resignation - more on @SundayFutures this weekend pic.twitter.com/xjjXzHvsWY |
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| Clinton, Trump to participate in veterans' forum | Clinton, Trump to participate in veterans' forum |
| The presidential candidates will participate in a forum on MSNBC, appearing back-to-back, featuring the group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and focusing on “commander-in-chief issues” – national security, veterans’ issues and more. | The presidential candidates will participate in a forum on MSNBC, appearing back-to-back, featuring the group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and focusing on “commander-in-chief issues” – national security, veterans’ issues and more. |
| The forum will be in New York and the candidates will take questions from audience members. | The forum will be in New York and the candidates will take questions from audience members. |
| Clinton and Trump are confirmed to participate in a "Commander-in-chief" forum with @IAVA on @MSNBC September 7th https://t.co/jjh1Qxgp88 | Clinton and Trump are confirmed to participate in a "Commander-in-chief" forum with @IAVA on @MSNBC September 7th https://t.co/jjh1Qxgp88 |
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| The hand of Kushner, merciless and swift, is once again detected in a Trump generalissimo’s demise. Kushner is Jared Kushner, husband of Trump daughter Ivanka, who was said to play a key role in Lewandowski’s demise. | The hand of Kushner, merciless and swift, is once again detected in a Trump generalissimo’s demise. Kushner is Jared Kushner, husband of Trump daughter Ivanka, who was said to play a key role in Lewandowski’s demise. |
| The Post: | The Post: |
| At a meeting earlier in the week w/ Manafort and new top aides, Jared Kushner made clear he supported the changes, per several sources... | At a meeting earlier in the week w/ Manafort and new top aides, Jared Kushner made clear he supported the changes, per several sources... |
| The Times: | The Times: |
| Our first cut on MANAFORT out, had come to be viewed w suspicion by Jared Kushner via sources https://t.co/8GnmhGKegn | Our first cut on MANAFORT out, had come to be viewed w suspicion by Jared Kushner via sources https://t.co/8GnmhGKegn |
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| Trump arrives in Louisiana | Trump arrives in Louisiana |
| Trump has just touched down in Louisiana, disembarked and shaken a bunch of hands on the tarmac. | Trump has just touched down in Louisiana, disembarked and shaken a bunch of hands on the tarmac. |
| The wires haven’t moved any photos of the event yet. The only pictures that come up on the wires right now when you search “Donald Trump”, be apprised, are pictures of Paul Manafort. | The wires haven’t moved any photos of the event yet. The only pictures that come up on the wires right now when you search “Donald Trump”, be apprised, are pictures of Paul Manafort. |
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