Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has again shaken up his senior campaign staff, appointing a conservative website executive and a pollster to head his team amid sinking poll numbers, news reports early Wednesday say.
Stephen Bannon, executive chairman of the influential Breitbart News site, will serve as the campaign’s chief executive.
Trump senior adviser Kellyanne Conway, a longtime Republican pollster, will become campaign manager.
The moves were first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort walks off the floor of the Republican National Convention, July 17, 2016, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Paul Manafort, the Trump campaign chairman who in recent days has come under scrutiny for his links to the pro-Russia former president of Ukraine, will remain in his current role, the reports say.
“I want to win,” Trump told the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday night after disclosing the staffing changes. “That’s why I’m bringing on fantastic people who know how to win and love to win.”
Conway confirms the moves to The New York Times, but denied they constituted a shake-up.
“It’s an expansion at a busy time in the final stretch of the campaign,” she tells the newspaper.
— AFP
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters during a campaign rally in Kissimmee, Florida, on August 11, 2016. (AFP/Gregg Newton)
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