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Trump Rejects New Adviser’s Suggestions

April 26, 2016 at 7:52 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 29 Comments

Donald Trump “is bristling at efforts to implement a more conventional presidential campaign strategy, and has expressed misgivings about the political guru behind them, Paul Manafort, for overstepping his bounds,” Politico reports.

“Now Trump is taking steps to return some authority to Manafort’s chief internal rival, campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.”

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