Donald Trump campaign adviser Paul Manafort told Bloomberg that “lawlessness” surrounding the Republican National Convention could benefit Trump.

Said Manafort: “Frankly, that impact will probably help the campaign.”

“We have a candidate who doesn’t need to figure out what’s going on in order to say what he wants to do.”

— Trump adviser Paul Manafort, in an interview on Meet the Press.

“Well this is the ultimate reality show, it’s the presidency of the United States.”

— Paul Manafort, quoted by The Hill, on whether the GOP convention will resemble a reality television show.

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.”

“Fixing personality negatives is a lot easier than fixing character negatives. You can’t change somebody’s character, but you can change the way a person presents himself.”

— Paul Manafort, quoted by the Washington Post, on why Donald Trump can be a viable GOP nominee.

“Donald Trump’s newly installed campaign chief sought to assure members of the Republican National Committee on Thursday night that Mr. Trump recognized the need to reshape his persona and that his campaign would begin working with the political establishment that he has scorned to great effect,” the New York Times reports.

In fact, Paul Manafort bluntly suggested the candidate’s incendiary style amounted to an act.

Said Manafort: “That’s what’s important for you to understand: That he gets it, and that the part he’s been playing is evolving. The negatives are going to come down, the image is going to change, but Clinton is still going to be crooked Hillary.”

“Donald Trump’s new campaign strategist vowed Sunday to protest the delegate-selection results in Missouri and Colorado,” Politico reports.

Said Paul Manafort: “We will be filing protests. Missouri, we’ll be filing protests. Colorado, we’re going to be filing protests. … You saw it in Colorado last week, where the voters were left out of the process.”