NEW YORK – The other trending rumor Monday morning is the GOP presidential candidate Donald J. Trump imparted his infamous words "You're fired!" from "The Apprentice" TV show to campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is well, absolutely true.
“The Donald J. Trump Campaign for President, which has set a historic record in the Republican Primary having received almost 14 million votes, has today announced that Corey Lewandowski will no longer be working with the campaign,” Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks said in a statement to The New York Times.
“The campaign is grateful to Corey for his hard work and dedication and we wish him the best in the future.”
Evidently, Trump's latest polling showing him falling 12 points behind Hillary Clinton was enough for him to look to campaign newcomer Paul Manafort as his team's leader.
The Trump campaign has been plagued by infighting between those close to Lewandowski, a Trump loyalist without major campaign experience, and the wing of campaign staffers loyal to Paul Manafort, a longtime Washington insider, the Hill reports.
The Republican National Convention is in July, and Trump is expected to officially win the party's nomination.
