Donald Trump's team may be falling apart, according to reports flying around Twitter Tuesday night.
A friend of campaign chairman Paul Manafort said the team leader is no longer fighting the Republican nominee on how to run the race and has given up.
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
Others in the media and consulting circle jumped in to joke about who would take over if Manafort quit.
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
Corey or Roger Stone will be running it by Election Day. https://t.co/ZbF6ANlFRD
— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) August 3, 2016
But Trump's senior communications adviser Jason Miller tried to lay the rumors to rest, saying the campaign is in good shape despite a difficult last few days for the boss.
.@JohnJHarwood No need to chalk this up to an anonymous source, this is from me: pic.twitter.com/cSSt7DxVgF
— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) August 3, 2016