Donald said he gets “much better results” with fewer staffers than Hillary Clinton and her campaign. | Getty Trump tweetstorms on NYT report on campaign size, management

Donald Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to defend his personal management style and his campaign’s structure after a New York Times report outlined challenges facing the presumptive Republican nominee and his staffers as they pivot to the general election.

The Friday story — headlined “Donald Trump’s campaign stumbles as it tries to go big" — details the “constant stream of changes and scuffles” in Trump’s campaign and a “sense of paranoia” among staffers.


Trump, who uses the media as a natural foil and often employs the social media network to rebut criticism, said he gets “much better results” with fewer staffers than Hillary Clinton and her campaign.

"The failing @nytimes wrote a story about my management style & that I don't have many people. I have 73, Hillary has 800- & I'm beating her," he tweeted.

Maggie Haberman, one of the story's two authors, responded to Trump’s criticisms on Twitter by saying that he had just confirmed the report — that he has a small campaign staff — in his tweet about 73 staffers.

She also said two outlets approached Trump campaign manager for comment, while the Times reached out to Trump himself for a response.

About an hour later, Trump tweeted: "Don't believe the biased and phony media quoting people who work for my campaign. The only quote that matters is a quote from me!"