Donald Trump fired his chief Campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, who
helped him win Republican presidential nominating contests but
constantly clashed with other advisers on how to appeal to the broader
general electorate on Monday.Corey was seen as having
a hostile relationship with many members of the national press corps
who cover Mr. Trump, and many officials at the Republican National
Committee didn’t have good relationships with him.Corey was often at odds with Mr. Trumpโs chief strategist, Paul
Manafort, who was brought on in March when the candidate seemed poised
for a lengthy fight over delegates.
Mr. Lewandowski was said to have resisted certain moves that would have
increased the number of staff members, at times blocking Mr. Manafort
from making hires or later undoing them.
The campaign spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, said in a statement.
โThe Donald J. Trump Campaign for President, which has set a historic
record in the Republican primary having received almost 14 million
votes, has today announced that Corey Lewandowski will no longer be
working with the campaign,โ โThe campaign is grateful to Corey for his
hard work and dedication and we wish him the best in the future.โ
After the announcement, Corey was interviewed by a couple of media
houses and he didn’t seem bitter by the decision. He had nice things to
say about Trump. He told Dana Bash of CNN that he still supports Donald
Trump all the way.
Trump also had nice things to say about Corey adding that they had to
let him go because the Campaign was going a different direction.
On Twitter, some a campaign advicer rejoiced at the news of Mr. Lewandowskiโs departure.
โDing dong the witch is dead!โ wrote Michael Caputo, a Trump
communications aide who was said to have been antagonized by Mr.
Lewandowski.
After so much backlash, he quickly resigned from the campaign.
