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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks Saturday, April 2, during a campaign rally at Memorial High School in Eau Claire, Wis. | AP Photo Trump campaign unloads on media, Washington establishment

Following a week in which Donald Trump was under fire for comments on everything from abortion to nuclear proliferation, his campaign's senior adviser unloaded on the media and the "Washington Establishment" in a memo to top aides published by The Washington Post early Monday morning.

"So this week the Media and the Washington Establishment bashed the campaign with energy yet ever seen against a Republican candidate," Barry Bennett wrote in a memo "Digging through the Bull S---" dated April 2, addressed to campaign manager Corey Lewandowski "and Team." "You name the medium and it was dominated with Trump Attacks. The media themselves couldn’t wait to label the week, ‘THE WORST WEEK EVER’."

In making his case, Bennett cited Reuters poll tracking data over the past week that showed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz losing two points and Trump gaining six.

“Why is the question they cannot grasp. America is sick of them," Bennett wrote, referring to the tracking poll. "Their idiotic attacks just remind voters why they hate the Washington Establishment. Donald Trump 1 Washington Establishment/Media 0.”

Bennett told The Post in a subsequent interview that he had indeed written and sent the memo, remarking, “Personally, it’s been a very hard time. You’ve got Republicans in Washington saying they’re keeping lists of people who work for Mr. Trump, who say you’ll never work in this town again."

“My point is that people should be pumped that the establishment is spinning,” he said.