Donald Trump is expanding veteran operative Paul Manafort’s role in his campaign amid the increasingly likelihood of a contested Republican convention.
The campaign said in a statement Thursday that Trump is “consolidating the functions related to the nomination process” and assigning them to Manafort, who last week was named convention manager.
The statement stresses he will be “working closely” with Trump’s existing team, including campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.
But it said Manafort “will oversee, manage, and be responsible for all activities that pertain to Mr. Trump’s delegate process and the Cleveland Convention.”
The announcement comes as the candidate refocuses his efforts on his home state of New York.
Trump canceled a planned trip to California, including a press conference that had been scheduled for Friday.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
So the Donald is figuring out how this political game is played. He is hiring the ultimate political insider heavyweight. He probably should have done this before Iowa? So, you die-hard Trump supporters, does this make him a sellout or smart? Just curious. And please spell your answers correctly!!
Blow it out Uranus.
You can’t intelligently answer my question. So all you can do is cuss and insult. You’re no different than the students at Portland State shouting down the pro-Trump students. And what’s your real name, destiny? Scared?
Stop playing games. He hires a heavyweight to help him. He has already states some months ago that as president he will hire the best and most intelligent to get America back. Stop nitpicking because it shows you are not all there upstairs. You vote for whom you wish and we will vote for a real president. I am voting for America and Trump because I lived and worked under socialism and my spouse under socialism and communism and we see both creeping in daily and thanks to those “supposed conservatives” we elected who immediately betrayed their oaths, promises, us and America for the almighty donor dollar and come out millionaires while shafting America and its citizens. I am now an Independent and voting for Trump. May I also say I am female, very well educated, intelligent, and along with my many female associates and friends we are voting for Trump. Suck it up!
… GOD BLESS YOU, My Lady[s]!!!!!!!!
I’m so proud of the TRUMP FAMILY – including DONALD TRUMP – no one in public life has had to take the punishment that Mr. Trump has been taking and GUESS WHAT ? — ONLY BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN SPEAKING THE TRUTH….. and another guess what — the ones that deserve it – like Soros and Rove , and the NEWS MEDIA go their merry way down the road with THEIR PLANS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE US OF A …………
TO ARTHUR — AND MY ANSWER IS BELOW – PLEASE READ ……..and a great big NO ! We are not the “STUPID LITTLE PEOPLE” that you and THE ELITISTS think we are ………….although I must admit -we were STUPID TO THINK THAT VOTING IN MORE “PROFESSIONAL INSIDERS” would generate the results that were needed to rescue our way of life….I almost have to concede that we were slow learners….BUT DON’T YOU TRY TO STOP US NOW !!!
VOTE TRUMP…………………..and beware of the NWO and HEIDI CRUZ
AMEN!!!!!
TRUMP ALL THE WAY AND HOPEFULLY A SECOND TERM!!!!!!!
If you’re not stupid, then quit falling for all of the games the political hacks keep throwing at you!! I comment on this, and you get angry with me. If you’re smart, then show it!!
That makes him smart.
Yea blow it out your BLOOMERS.!!!!!!!!!!
I say smart. Being wise is smart.
The Republican so called Elite do not want Donald Trump as “their candidate”. They think they are the “smart ones”.
Your a prick! Educated, knowledge of idiots like you!
Is this spelled loud and clear enough for you!
Holly S
He probably had no idea it was going to be this ugly.
Go Trump!
Smart. And the timing keeps the media available to cover the new developments. Good instincts.
Man shut the hell up with all the negitivity man. You guys are the biggest loosers (reporters who don’t give a dam). Exploiting Trump for your own political gain. You big bunch off negative loosers
He has a very high IQ so obviously he is smart.
Well, sure he is! The “Don” will expose all of the corruption in Washington and also tell Mexico to kiss-off! Mexicans? We didn’t order no stinking Mexican’s! Look at your “boy” Obama. You sheep that have followed this “Kenyan” born tyrant have really ruined this country by voting not once but twice for a ruined economy and country. Your boy Obama is a closet-Muslim and a Trojan horse. Btw.,.. Does your Obama phone even work?
TO GARY …… BRAVO ! However , please don’t forget the crooked voting machines that Soros built for Obama ….and used again in Wisconsin….also all of the illegals have been registered to vote …. Priebus and Rove would rather see Hillary or Sanders in the WH rather than TRUMP – they are sooo afraid of TRUMP
Soros is a foreigner scumbag. This old man and Obama , Clintons and Bushes should be in jail. Rafael Cruz and his wife worked for the Bushes. Sanders and Kasich have been in Congress on the gravy train and all of the above for years all on gravy train. Trump will be for the people. The media are scummy . Trump says the truth , right on ,about all these bottom feeders and will put them all in there place. Which is below all of us.
Donald is spending his own millions and not others even though he is receiving donations from the people whom support him and not the Packs, he gave money to Ted and all the others and they have no thanks or loyalty. I like Donald,s temperament. He is a real person.
Good reply!!!
Hiring someone familiar with the political convention process is a good idea. Regardless of what a person thinks, they don’t know everything. It’s wise to look for people who knows more about an area of need and hire them.
Agree
Ditto!
Good luck Mr.Trump It is time to get the bad guys out of office.
clean house
We as TRUMP followers/
supporters say GO TRUMP ALL THE WAY!!!!!!
It’s about time some one stands up to all the lawless, ungodly, corrupt preverted scrum bags in the establishment, the leftists, and all the parts of our government!!!! It is time, way past time actually, for a good shake up house cleaning in Washington DC!
Beginning with Badrack Obummer and try him for several accounts of treason, fraud, scamming, thefts, and murder of those 4 murdered in Benghazi. I’m sure that there are many more accounts against Badrack Obummer!! Oh, let’s not forget supreme court justice Scalia!!!! I think the best sentence for Badrack Obummer would be death before a firing squad since he’s commander in chief.
As for lying Hell-ary Rotten Criminal Clinton, she should have life in prison for her lying, fraudulent activities, email scandals, selling very high top secret information, treason, several accounts of murders including the 4 at Benghazi. Her sentence should be life in prison in solidarity confinement with NO visitors, NO kind of cell/mobile phones, NO access to a computer NOR internet, her meals to be served on paper plates, water in paper cups, plastic forks, knives and spoons. For her companion the Holy Bible!!
As for the rest of the scrum bags let the courts decide their fate!!! But either way, justice will finally be served!!!!
GO TRUMP ALL THE WAY!!!!!!
We will back Donald all the way. Libs are too stupid to comprehend freedom.
Donald is no dummy. When he is President he will surround himself with the best and the brightest!
Of course it does not matter what older people think. Donald Trump is not afraid to speak his mind. I like that we need someone to protect our country which obviously is not happening now. I do not see that Cruz Hillary or Bernie will do the job.
DjT, “dam the torpedoes” at all costs.
Win to stay Free!
he couldn’t have known that the “honorable GOP so called elite” is such a bunch a scared rabbits that they being so afraid of Trump ,one ask it self what have they done to fight against the people’s will and they been in for the fight of their lives.
it must be extremely severe.
Boy’s I have news for you listen to judge Janine on Fox new.
you people designed that system and YOU WILL BE BEATEN — DEFEAT IT BY IT.
YOU CAN NOT DO THAT TO MR.TRUMP WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO DR.RON PAUL you don’t cross a man like trump you will be paying for it.
I WAS ASHAMED I EVER VOTED FOR YOUR PARTY After I saw that disaster in one of the southern states, no wonder he last the election .
people research segment “Rachel ‘s video from about 2 weeks ago MSNBC.
you have a great day.
Is the military responsible for protecting our borders/country when the government refuses to?
Only by order of POTUS………And do you REALLY think Obumma would make that order??
When the Constitution is violated(open borders) where is the responsible, timely, counter mechanism?
….TRUMP 2016 or NO vote here…and the GOP is dead 4ever.
Please do not do the non-vote, at least write in Trump!
… ABSOLUTELY!!!!! … My then wife and I did it in the 1976 General election in Muscogee county Georgia. … When the Columbus – Ledger Enquirer published the EXACT VOTE COUNT: Ronald Wilson Reagan RECEIVED TWO VOTES in Muscogee county, Ga.!!!!
Absolutely “no vote”
We will stand for Trump all the way. He does sometime open his mouth to much, but he will stand up for our country. This is really getting scary what our President is doing in his last months in office. We stand by Trump all the way 2016.
The GOP has committed suicide,
Yes, we need to vote for Mr. Trump !!!! As I see it, he is the last hope for America. If they screw him out of this nomination, I will write his name in. After that I will be leaving the republican party. I am so ashamed of all the evil people in it. I put old Teddy Cruz right in the mix too. He gives me the creeps. The funny thing is, he thinks they are going to give him the nomination, when in truth they have been grooming Ryan for the position. Then there is Kasich, what can I say about him. He should have ran on the Democrat ticket. Go Trump !!! We are still behind you all the way !!!
TRUMP. TRUMP. TRUMP.
TRUMP. TRUMP. TRUMP. TRUMP.
T R U M P!
The American people are behind you!
Ignore the lies, the deception, and just focus on the win!
…We will take care of the rest.
Just thinking??? ……. We have given our Country away to be controlled by an Islamic terrorist sympathizer for the last eight years, and now we have a lying murderer or a Communist that want to take his place. On the other side we have a bunch of greedy, delegate selling (or delegate stealing) politicians who have already proven that they don’t want any change. So where does that leave us America? What do you want for your posterity?
A Dictatorship: vote for any Democrat
Or
Continue without change: vote for Lying Ted Cruz
Or
“We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity……”
VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP!
????????????????????I COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER, DAWG#
GO TRUMP GO ALL THE WAY, AND HOPEFULLY A SECOND TERM!!!!!!!!
Well, we had to listen to Marco, saying time and time again, that he was the only one who could beat Clinton….and we saw how that worked out. Then we’ve got Ted flailing the Bible around. I personally believe in God, I love Jesus, and believe that the Bible is the greatest book; but these actions of waving the Bible around by anyone, puts up a red flag for me. Just because Ted read Green Eggs and Ham does not make him an outsider, and Marco is far far from an outsider. I voted for Mitt Romney. I cried when his concession speech to Obama was continually played. Those tears have dried up. What Mitt and the rest of the establishment have done to Trump is deplorable and disgusting; they are a total embarrassment to the party. We have a republican congress and all we have gotten is a bunch of robust debates. Let’s give Trump a chance! I truly believe that he is our only choice, our best chance, to clean up the debris and he will help us all to have faith in our country again. If you are not for Trump, at least give him the credit he deserves for bringing the issues to the forefront.
DAWG # JUST SAID WHY I AM VOTING FOR TRUMP IN 2016 !!!!!
Y es I am voting for trump all the why but trump needed to hire some high price lawyers to win this there will be all kindes off cheating I don’t think that rep. Boss is behind he is falling in line with them like Ryan and the rest whatch and see
Trump has to hire people that can help him I herd them say he needed lawers this is going to be down right dirty they don’t like trump Megan and Martha are running him Down I am voting for trump because he noes what he is talking about he is smarter than the rest off them he will get thing done get the border fixed which no one else did Donald I am praying for you if they think they can knock you out I and more will stay home thank you. Trump2016
… if you can remember to spell: DONALD JOHN TRUMP you go to YOUR General election polling place, ASK & GET A BALLOT ON WHICH YOU WRITE-IN YOUR VOTE!!!! … SIMPLY WRITE DONALD JOHN TRUMP ON IT, DROP IT IN THE BOX, AND YOU HAVE EXECUTED YOUR REAL VOTE!!!! … Better THEN STICK AROUND till polls close to be sure IT GETS COUNTED — BUT THEN, THAT’S PROBABLY GOING TO BE NECESSARY FOR THE PRINTED BALLOTS TOO!!!!
WHEN WE ALL UNDERSTAND, THE WRITE-IN VOTE CANNOT BE ELIMINATED FROM THE SYSTEM, WITHOUT NULLIFY THE ELECTION ENTIRELY; WE JUST MAY GET SOMEWHERE HERE??!?
I am voting for trump all the why 2016
If the corrupt GOP leaves TRUMP’S name off the ballot tickets, we can write it in. Or if he goes to third party such as independent, we can vote for him there as well. We can still show the corrupt GOP that we as American citizens still have a voice and we mean to be heard!!!!!
We all need to continue my lift Donald Trump up in our prayers. Express to him that he still has a great many of supporters!!!!!!!
GO TRUMP ALL THE WAY AND HOPEFULLY A SECOND TERM!!!!!!!!!!
RMB
My wife and I say all the way with the Donald for 2016. The hope that I have is that he has a sharp Attorney or two working on Throwing that Texas Scum Lying Ted to the ground and out of the race….he is not A UNITED STATES BORN CITIZEN AND THAT IS PART OF WHAT IT TAKES TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WE HAVE A BORDER JUMPER IN THERE NOW WITH OBUMBER….HE IS NOT US BORN….HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE IS A FORGERY AND NOT REAL AND I CAN PROVE IT. IT WAS TYPED ON A IBM SELECTRIC 2 TYPEWRITER WITH THE BALL AND THOSE ONE CAME OUT IN 1972. DONALD TRUMP WAS ON THE PATH TO PROVING THAT HE WAS A FAKE BUT STOPPED SHORT OF IT. Now please Mr. Trump put your legal team on the trail of the Lying Ted Cruz. I do believe that Heidi was a high paid hooker in Las Vegas convention circuit before she married Lying Ted. I have someone who knows all the ins and outs of Vegas Paid HOs who is trying to confirm this bit of information, If we can’t get Donald into office we may have to have a Revolution to bring the likes of Rove – Sores – Schumer and The Republican Gustapo Rance Priebus and all of his miniions. Let’s make sure to get Judge Jennine on the march and other people who are not afraid to speak up. You know there is something rotten in the country when people can’t legitimately read a bar graph and see that anything that is published shows Trump with 62% Support of various polls. We have all of these talking heads saying that he can’t break over 40%….I believe that what the Dumbacrats are afraid of is that Hillary will take such a beating that she will go into hiding never to be heard from again.
You must know that Trump knows where the cemetery is and all the “dead bodies” are and he will’/should
dig them all up and prosecute all the criminal SOBs!
Since when do foreign governments get a vote on politics in America? If by chance Donal Trump wins, he will have done so defying most republicans, the news media & all the haters. This man has had to fight from day one. Go Mt. Trump! There is no telling what they have planned for him in Cleveland at the convention. My prayers are with with he & his lovely family.
Focus on Issues & get support & votes.
dump name calling for TMZ staff to hear.
Get on with it Trump or lose General election.
Just Vote Trump. The establishment democrats and republicans are having sleepless nights because Trump will expose how they have screwed their supporters. Please, America, vote Trump. He has nothing to hide and we have everything to gain.
Vote Trump all the way.
There are 545 politicians in Washington who are controlling over 350,000,000 of We The People! Are you going to allow it to continue, or are you going to vote for Donald Trump?
I just read T is having some serious problems with his campaign people etc. Any comments?
Donald Trump all the way!
The mainstream media and Congress are desperate to continue running the country as they have. History is repeating itself-read up on how the Barry Goldwater campaign was handled by the Republican party. Do the tactics sound familiar?