Donald Trump Donald John TrumpUS reimposes UN sanctions on Iran amid increasing tensions Jeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Trump supporters chant 'Fill that seat' at North Carolina rally MORE’s presidential campaign is losing a top aide who was brought in about six weeks ago.

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Rick Wiley, Scott Walker’s former campaign manager, was hired in April to be national political director by another recent addition to the Trump campaign, convention manger Paul Manafort.

A source within the campaign said Wiley was fired. But the Trump camp said Wednesday that Wiley had only been brought in on a temporary basis.

“Rick Wiley was hired on a short-term basis as a consultant until the campaign was running full steam,” the campaign said in a statement. “It is now doing better than ever, we are leading in the polls, and we have many exciting events ready to go, far ahead of schedule, while Hillary continues her long, boring quest against Bernie. We would like to thank Rick for helping us during this transition period.”

But multiple reports on Wednesday paint a different picture, that Wiley was engaged in an internal power struggle with campaign aides who had been with Trump since he launched his presidential bid.

Politico reported that Wiley resigned after clashes with Karen Giorno, who ran the campaign’s Florida primary efforts.

And earlier on Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that Trump had stripped decision making authority in Florida from Wiley and shifted it to Giorno.

Wiley's brief tenure at the Trump campaign is puzzling.

In a Monday interview with The Hill, Republican National Committee chief of staff Katie Walsh praised Wiley, describing him as a key intermediary between the RNC and the Trump campaign.

Wiley served as national political director to RNC Chairman Reince Priebus in 2012 and seemed to be the kind of Washington insider Trump needed on his team to help him make inroads on Capitol Hill.

Jonathan Easley contributed