Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE's campaign chief says polls showing the GOP presidential nominee slipping were "expected," predicting they will even out this month.

"We feel like in another week or so the polls are going to even out," Paul Manafort said Thursday on "CBS This Morning," adding, "We had a bounce, we knew the Democrats would have a bounce."

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"In two weeks, we think that's going to even out if we're out there on our message, which we will be," he added. "We don't plan on winning in August. We plan on winning in November."

Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE has led Trump in each of the past 10 national polls of the presidential race tracked by RealClearPolitics, with several giving her a 7-point bounce after the Democratic National Convention last week.

Trump has faced a political firestorm in recent days. He has repeatedly criticized the family of a fallen Muslim American soldier and declined to endorse Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 At indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates MORE (R-Wis.). Republicans are urging him to focus on Clinton instead of rehashing issues raised during the GOP primary or swiping at fellow Republicans.

Manafort insisted that "there's plenty of time" for Trump to regain his footing in the race and argued they would be aggressively campaigning this month, saying the campaign was "comfortable about where we are organizationally."

"What we’re not comfortable with is the narrative that the media seems to be taking, which is building a story line that the Democrats are controlling the race," he said.

Manafort also downplayed Trump earlier this week refusing to endorse Ryan in his primary race.

"He's going to support Paul Ryan, he does support Paul Ryan. He said he's going to work with Paul Ryan. There's no issue about that," Manafort said.