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Posted by SMAZ on Thu Aug 4 01:40:25 2016 Trump campaign in turmoil as aides stop challenging the mogul and top Republicans begin exploring ways to replace him on ballotCampaign In Turmoil, Republicans Begin Exploring Ways To Replace Trump BY ADAM EDELMAN NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The crazy Trump train has come off the rails. Donald Trump’s campaign has descended into outright turmoil — with Republican leaders now looking into ways to replace the loudmouth at the top of its presidential ticket. Party officials have become increasingly annoyed at Trump’s bizarre antics — most notably for his recent attacks at the Muslim American parents of a fallen soldier — that they are actively exploring how they could replace him if he were to abandon his bid, ABC News reported Wednesday. High-ranking GOP officials aren’t dismissing the possibility that the huckster could give up his presidential run — dropping out before the November election — and they want to be prepared if he does. Trump spokeswoman blames Humayun Khan's death on Obama, Clinton With Donald Trump breaking rule after rule this election season, officials aren’t dismissing the possibility that the huckster could give up his run and drop out of the race altogether. With Donald Trump breaking rule after rule this election season, officials aren’t dismissing the possibility that the huckster could give up his run and drop out of the race altogether. (EVAN VUCCI/AP) In that event, the 168 members of the Republican National Committee would initiate a complicated process that would result in the selection of a new nominee. Underscoring those concerns, Trump’s beleaguered campaign appeared on the verge of implosion Wednesday, as several reports emerged that top aides had given up challenging the real-estate developer over his outrageous statements. The situation has become so bad that sources said several top Trump allies were planning an intervention in the coming days to encourage the unhinged candidate to do a hard reset of his message. Top aides — including campaign Chairman Paul Manafort — have become paralyzingly frustrated with their inability to steer their boss away from waging unsavory fights. That’s an issue highlighted by his ongoing battle with Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the family of fallen U.S. soldier Humayun Khan. Trump’s latest outrageous blunders have prompted his top staffers, including Manafort, to “feel like they are wasting their time” in trying to help the mogul, CNN reported. “Manafort has made clear no one can help him if no one believes he will do what it takes to win,” a senior Trump aide told the network. Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort reportedly has stopped challenging his boss. CNBC reported that Manafort had begun “mailing it in” and that his staff was “suicidal” over Trump’s repeated — and increasingly disastrous — gaffes. And with party unity a theme the Republicans keep trying to hammer, Trump has drawn the ire of GOP Chairman Reince Priebus for his refusal Tuesday to endorse the reelection bids of House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). Donald Trump campaign staffers Ed Brookover, Jimmy Stracner fired Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who have both remained close to Trump, are hoping to convince their party’s nominee that he must move forward with more message discipline and restraint, NBC News reported. Donald Trump has faced blistering criticism for his decision to repeatedly attack Khizr Khan and his wife Ghazala, who lost their son Humayun, an Army captain, in 2004. Trump has seen mass defections among high-profile Republicans, including Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) and GOP foreign policy expert Richard Armitage. All of them have said in recent days and weeks — and with increasingly harsh language — that they would vote for Hillary Clinton. Manafort said he knew nothing about an intervention aimed at putting the Trump train back on track. “The only need we have for an intervention is with some media types who keep saying things that aren’t true,” he said Wednesday on Fox News Channel. “The candidate’s in control of his own campaign.” |
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