Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, just resigned amid mounting scandal and chaos

Paul Manafort has been having a terrible, no-good, very bad month, and he has now decided to throw in the towel as Donald Trump’s campaign chairman and chief strategist. Nothing about Donald Trump’s campaign since his very brief post-convention bounce has been smooth, but shortly after his one-second tenure at the top of the polls, several allegations began to materialize in relation to Manafort’s work during the last decade for former Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych. At the same time, Trump’s post-convention bounce quickly turned into a slide, a spot he’s occupied for almost a month now. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has turned most of the swing states blue and showed signs of making a few red states purple, and Trump can’t seem to climb back up. Reports claimed that Manafort had been trying, in vain, to get Trump to change his style, but that Trump was refusing. Whether it was the Ukrainian allegations or Trump’s poor performance in the polls, someone at Trump Tower must have felt it was time for a shake-up. On Wednesday, the candidate announced two new top leadership positions, without making it very clear how they related to Manafort. They were widely seen as a signal that Trump was… Read full this story

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