Roger Stone, senior political adviser to Donald Trump who helped prepare him for Thursday night's debate, has left the campaign. Trump says he fired Stone; Stone says he fired Trump.
As reported by CNN, there are two factions within the Trump campaign: "one side that wants to maintain
Trump's high visibility by capitalizing on his public feuds and
bombastic rhetoric, and another that wants to pull the candidate toward
more disciplined political strategy."
Stone was of the latter and was dismayed at Trump's debate performance -- and then even moreso with the attack on Megyn Kelly. The two had a discussion later that night. Stone wrote a letter of resignation, which he planned to submit on Saturday; but, according to one account, Trump got wind of it and fired Stone before he did.
Whatever . . . if the adults in the campaign abandon ship, it may get even more volatile before it's over. Clearly the bomb-throwers, including the candidate himself, have the upper hand for now.
Ralph
PS: Yes, I am aware that I continue to write about Trump, despite my wish that we could just ignore him. We can't.
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