Paul Manafort, the man given the credit for Trump’s success in New York and expected five state sweep tonight tried to do the impossible. Make Donald Trump look presidential. But Donald Trump doesn’t want to look more preseintial, and instead has stripped Manafort of some duties because of trying to do the impossible.
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What’s weirder? That Trump would hand over his campaign to Manafort without vetting him and his vision for winning the race first? (Draw your own conclusion about Trump’s managerial ability from that.) Or that he’d punish Manafort this way amid a landslide win in New York last week
and another round of landslides to come tonight? You don’t typically fire your manager when the team’s in the middle of a winning streak, right?
In fairness to Trump, it’s hard to understand why Manafort thought he could turn him into a more disciplined candidate. He’s an extreme narcissist; telling him to be something other than himself is the most vicious thing you can say to him. I don’t think his fans even want him to be more “presidential.” If you like Al Czervik, the last thing you’d want is for him to become Judge Smails. It reeks of “traditional” politics. The whole point of Trumpism is that it’s not politics as usual.
Instead, Trump has re-empowered thug Corey Lewandowski to handle Trump campaign’s finances and make some hiring decisions. This is a complete reversal of the plans Paul Manafort tried to do last month.