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[MassiveNights]

John Harwood of CNBC tweeted this:

longtime ally of Paul Manafort, Trump's campaign manager: "Manafort not challenging Trump anymore. Mailing it in. Staff suicidal."

https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/760633940151443457

Then Ali Vitali of NBC tweeted this:

A Trump campaign source, in reax to this, tells me "it's all true" and "way worse than people realize."

https://twitter.com/alivitali/status/760644265584300032

A bad week appears to be getting worse for Donald Trump.

Edit: AND MORE

From NBC's Katy Tur:

Top republican: @Reince is 'apoplectic' over Trump's refusal to back Ryan. He called several Trump staffers to express his displeasure.

More from same source: The next 24 to 72 hours are crucial. There is serious talk about key Republicans coming out hard against Trump.

 

[Deft Beck]

Was it ever in any sort of array?

I can't wait for the inevitable tell-all book after the election is over.

 

[tiredheadcrab]

Yeah he is gonna loose this election. This will be a glorious 98 days.

 

[Mix Master]

Maximum Fuckery

 

[Bluth54]

Shocking news.

 

[Darryl M R]

Watching the GOP burn feels so good. Plus we get Hillary in office. Woo!

 

[Mimosa97]

" Mailing it in " ? What does it mean ?

 

[Tagg9]

I'm almost certain that the Republicans won't even have a nominee come November.

 

[giga]

" Mailing it in " ? What does it mean ?

Given up.

 

[PlayALLtheGames]

" Mailing it in " ? What does it mean ?

Giving up.

 

[Crimson_Gold]

" Mailing it in " ? What does it mean ?

Not even trying. Just there for the check at this point

 

[jmood88]

" Mailing it in " ? What does it mean ?

Just what they said, he's letting Trump do whatever he wants with no push-back.

 

[SodiumBenzoate]

" Mailing it in " ? What does it mean ?

It means no one gives a shit

 

[Prompto]

This election man

 

[witness]

The HBO movie about this will be amazing.

 

[4Tran]

As of the RNC convention, something like half of Trump's stateside offices (including Florida!) were unstaffed. It's pretty obvious for even a casual observer that his campaign is in shambles. Confirmation and details are nice to have though.

 

[Mix Master]

It means no one gives a shit

Has anyone gave a shit since Day 1? Trump has been in a new controversy every week.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

" Mailing it in " ? What does it mean ?

It's like "phoning it in" but for old people.

 

[Polari]

It's a shame really - if he had reigned in his worst excesses, ran on a platform where his economic policies reflect his rhetoric, steered clear of abortion and continued his line on strong immigration reform without the more incendiary comments he'd be a shoe in (in addition to being the most progressive Republican in living memory).

 

[j_k_redtail]

A Trump campaign source, in reax to this, tells me "it's all true" and "way worse than people realize."

How bad are we talking? Because "people" generally realize that it's pretty bad even without any insider knowledge.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

The HBO movie about this will be amazing.

Nah we need a Netflix series.

 

[Mimosa97]

Given up.

Giving up.

Not even trying. Just there for the check at this point

Just what they said, he's letting Trump do whatever he wants with no push-back.

It means no one gives a shit

Never heard this expression before.

Thanks !

Well we should wait to see the receipts first. We don't know if people are actually going to jump ship in the next weeks or not.

 

[Codeblue]

If someone was keeping Trump on a leash before then I'm afraid of what the next 100 days are going to look like.

 

[Clydefrog]

" Mailing it in " ? What does it mean ?

it's like my posts on GAF

 

[MIMIC]

He has been crazy since day 1 and no one has been able to reel him in.

Maybe they thought he'd change after the convention? If that were the case, I'd say "fuck it", too. He's gonna do what he's gonna do.

 

[Vestal]

Right now a lot of republicans are having fond memories of Sarah Palin and how good she was compared to this shit show lol.

 

[Trouble]

 

[Zackat]

The schadenfreude is delicious. I want to package it and save it for later.

 

[woolley]

We haven't even gotten to the debates yet. Who knew trashing veterans was a bad idea?

 

[demosthenes]

I don't really care what negative news comes out over the next 100 days. I won't be satisfied until he losses the GE.

 

[BobTheFork]

It's a bit early for this. Only have to keep those flaming wheels on the cart for 13 more weeks!

 

[Guevara]

It's a cult of personality; how much does Trump even need a staff.

 

[UraMallas]

I don't really care what negative news comes out over the next 100 days. I won't be satisfied until he losses the GE.

Correct attitude. Still funny.

 

[Gabriel_Logan]

That's the problem with someone like Trump, you can't challenge him too much or "You're Fired"

 

[DragonSworne]

I'm pretty sure 80% of Trump's staff are trolls purposely screwing things up for the lols. See the Star of David ad as proof.

 

[Loudninja]

Aug 2nd already in disarray.

 

[MIMIC]

Never heard this expression before.

"Phoning it in" also works

 

[Mimosa97]

It's a shame really - if he had reigned in his worst excesses, ran on a platform where his economic policies reflect his rhetoric, steered clear of abortion and continued his line on strong immigration reform without the more incendiary comments he'd be a shoe in (in addition to being the most progressive Republican in living memory).

If only Trump wasn't Trump ...

Are you saying that he would have been an okay candidate if he had kept his racist rhetoric about muslims and mexicans but stay clear from other controversies ?

 

[BajiBoxer]

It's way worse than people realize.

I kind of find that difficult to believe.

 

[Mass Effect]

Maximum Fuckery

Fuckery Overdrive

Trump is not having a good week. Perhaps not so coincidentally, I'm starting to feel a lot better about the election.

 

[outunderthestars]

It's a shame really - if he had reigned in his worst excesses, ran on a platform where his economic policies reflect his rhetoric, steered clear of abortion and continued his line on strong immigration reform without the more incendiary comments he'd be a shoe in (in addition to being the most progressive Republican in living memory).

So, basically if he became an entirely different person?

 

[Ducarmel]

The HBO movie about this will be amazing.

Show Me a Villain

 

[Grizzlyjin]

I bet all the Khan nonsense was the straw that broke the camel's back. They probably told Trump to just drop it and he couldn't.

 

[jediyoshi]

The HBO movie about this will be amazing.

Waiting for the anime

 

[giga]

 

[User1608]

Trump is a weak ass candidate.

 

[AstroLad]

I honestly just hope no one else gets hurt. The dude and his acolytes are legit psychopaths.

 

[chadskin]

HuffPo's Howard Fineman:

#PaulManafort just told me @JohnJHarwood report wrong -- that all is ok on the #Trump Train. From outside of course it looks like no rails.

https://twitter.com/howardfineman/status/760652198032310272

 

[-griffy-]

You can try to tell him to do stuff, but when he gets up on stage he's just gonna say and do whatever gets a positive reaction from the crowd because that's what he's programmed to do, which in turn will cause him to say stupid things, which will cause reporters to ask him about the stupid things in interviews, which cause him to flounder and flip flop and contradict himself, causing him to say more stupid things, which causes his fans to say the media is being unfair to him and strokes his ego more and further empowers him to say more dumb things when he gets on stage.

 

[JordanN]

I'm almost certain that the Republicans won't even have a nominee come November.

Maybe now we can finally see a third party take over.