Even before this juicy tidbit hit social media, just about every pundit had put the finishing touches on his or her “Trump Has Worst Week Ever” column, citing everything from his war of words with Khizr Khan to his poll numbers to his “lashing out” at a crying baby.
The narrative wouldn’t be complete, though, without some insider dirt. Surely enough, a longtime ally of Donald Trump’s campaign manager came through Tuesday night, letting it slip that staffers in the bunker were downright suicidal. Even the quote itself sounds like an emergency telegraph sent from the Titanic.
longtime ally of Paul Manafort, Trump's campaign manager: "Manafort not challenging Trump anymore. Mailing it in. Staff suicidal."
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 3, 2016
Wow, that’s bad. Or not so bad — the tweet racked up more than 3,000 likes in 90 minutes. But is it true?
https://twitter.com/surfinwav/status/760648617082314752
longtime ally of Paul Manafort? Is that an actual thing?
— avemaria412 (@avemaria412) August 3, 2016
Another anonymous source confirms that the first anonymous source is telling it like it is.
A Trump campaign source, in reax to this, tells me "it's all true" and "way worse than people realize." https://t.co/nvioNcjMCJ
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) August 3, 2016
People already suspected things were bad, as the campaign has gone through staff shakeups before. On Monday night, word spread that two of the last remaining holdovers from Ben Carson’s campaign team had been let go. And it would be difficult to argue that Trump’s surrogates have done him many favors with their attempts to help him out of the trap he stumbled into after the Democratic National Convention.
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if only someone saw this coming. https://t.co/3Ih6K4Ub6J
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) August 3, 2016
, @CNN just confirmed the same thing with a GOP source: Trump staff increasingly frustrated, getting off message. (What mssge?)
— Shirley C (@ghhshirley) August 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/JudgeElihu/status/760649570426626048
Harsh.
They should resign, all of them. If they mean it, that's the only way to send the message that needs to be sent. https://t.co/RYLAmGnfYl
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) August 3, 2016
Slightly less harsh, but still harsh.
Manafort was done after Melania's speech. He was clearly prepared to throw her under the bus if necessary.
— regina craig (@craig_metime) August 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/Bleudrift/status/760651638323421184
I got the impression after Trump's convention disaster that he'd resigned himself to losing. If so, he'd be uncontrollable.
— Jacquie (@Jacquie228) August 3, 2016
The whole thing is a complete joke. Where's the adults in the room? There needs to be an intervention.
— Indict Agent Orange (@RicoMuscatel) August 3, 2016
That will make for very long 3 months.
— John Wisniewski (@WhiskeyMD247365) August 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/tgsnyder/status/760641458248355840
https://twitter.com/GretenDave/status/760634747433410562
https://twitter.com/NPostupack/status/760656198450413568
@JoeNBC wouldn't it be great if everyone around Trump quit
— MCS (@mariacsuarez50) August 3, 2016
now can they do us all a solid & quit
— ?⛸⛸ Lovser from Midwest (@hanae_56_20) August 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/hendricksx_/status/760634439231823872
word on the street that several key staffers have resignation letters ready to go in the next 72 hours
— Backroom Politics (@BackroomPolitic) August 3, 2016
@jonathanchait UPS is hiring
— Nisha (@NishaElaine) August 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/TheG_Dep/status/760638747109011456
I was so hoping this was all a carefully coordinated plan that was too sophisticated for me to understand.
— Paul Cosway (@pcosway) August 3, 2016
Hadn't someone suggested Trump only ran to be sure the election was handed over to Hillary?
— Cathi (@cathid4) August 3, 2016
so his job to give Hillary the election worked.
— Reaganette (@Ezinger44) August 3, 2016
let's start taking bets on the Pence drop out date? My bet is pre Labor Day.
— Enough (@ehartman1975) August 3, 2016
That is the most beautiful tweet in the history of tweets.
— Jake Tapper's Liddle' Minecraft Mug (@LaBellDebi) August 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/dametzger/status/760647168910843906
@JoeNBC Wow. Amazingly dramatasitc story if true.
— JustSayin' (@MarcBroc) August 3, 2016
If true?
I want to believe you.
— Emquegee (@emquegee) August 3, 2016
Trump’s senior communications advisor is still smiling, at least in his Twitter avatar.
"…known to be unabashedly liberal and very biased against conservatives." https://t.co/k1lqXVtvAd
— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) August 3, 2016
you're an embarrassment to your profession, we all have our own personal beliefs + biases, but my goodness you're a journalist
— Trinh Pham (@trinh_pham13) August 3, 2016
"longtime ally of Paul Manafort" Really? Who?! I call bullshit again @CNBC . Clinton shills
— Scott R.??? (@therealscooter6) August 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/HallWhalla/status/760651815293628416
@JoeNBC entire thread is based on heresay and hyperbole. @realDonaldTrump is right where he needs to be– the center of attn.
— Eric Wyatt (@mauijim66) August 3, 2016
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