An increasingly frustrated Donald Trump, watching his support sinking in key battleground states, refuted a storm of rumors that he may be getting ready to throw his two co-campaign managers overboard. But the mere suggestion of a change in leadership just two-and-a-half months out from Election Day is a sign of that the Trump campaign, far from finding second wind against a rejuvenated Democratic Party led by Vice President Kamala Harris, is gripped with anxiety as it struggles to reverse its candidate's poll trajectory.
Talk of replacing Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles, two veteran GOP operatives charged with leading Trump's campaign, stems primarily from an August 2 meeting Trump had with Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law he picked to oversee the Republican National Committee, and Kellyanne Conway, who ran his 2016 campaign but has no official role in its third iteration. Conway told reporters that the meeting was focused on strategy, but according to a Guardian report, Trump's relaying of her points in an already high-strung atmosphere was interpreted by senior campaign officials as a play by Conway to undermine them or take control of the campaign.
