Paul Manafort resigns from Trump campaign

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Paul Manafort on Friday resigned as Donald Trump's campaign chairman, after the Republican nominee earlier this week announced a new leadership structure for his campaign.

This morning Paul Manafort offered, and I accepted, his resignation from the campaign. I am very appreciative for his great work in helping to get us where we are today, and in particular his work guiding us through the delegate and convention process. Paul is a true professional and I wish him the greatest success," Trump said in a statement.

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Kablooey.

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But Trumps adult children and son-in-law Jared Kushner, who have a significant hand in almost every major personnel and strategic decision, were concluding that the distractions were outweighing the benefit of keeping Manafort on board, according to campaign sources.

They had pushed to elevate Conway to campaign manager, in part, because Ivanka Trump believed the campaign was too much of an all-boys club to begin with, sources said. Also, she liked the way Conway was able to manage her father.

Kellyanne is not a campaign manager in the traditional sense of the word. She got the title as part of combat pay, said one source involved with the discussions. Shes the candidate manager, which considering how tough it is to manage someone like Donald who has the temperament of a 12-year-old who always gets what he wants is a far harder job. So far, its working. But its only been a few days.

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