“His campaign needs to get back to the main themes that have gotten him where he is today," Roger Stone said about Donald Trump. | POLITICO screen grab Roger Stone: I'd run Trump campaign 'more smoothly'

Roger Stone says if he were in charge of Donald Trump’s campaign, things wouldn’t be so rocky.

“If I were running the campaign it would be going more smoothly,” the veteran political consultant and former Trump adviser said in an interview with WIOD Radio in Miami broadcast Thursday.


Stone, who has not been affiliated with Trump’s presidential bid since August 2015, took issue with recent controversies that have threatened to derail the real estate mogul's campaign, such as his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski being charged with battery of a female reporter.

“Any time the consultant or the pollster becomes a bigger story than the candidate, that is a problem,” he said, calling the video in which Lewandowski allegedly yanks former Breitbart News reporter Michelle Fields by the arm “inconclusive.”

In addition, Stone denied tipping off the National Enquirer for its recent story alleging Texas Sen. Ted Cruz had multiple affairs. Cruz, for his part, quickly insinuated that Trump and his associates were involved with the story, calling out Stone as a “hatchet man.”

“It’s complete nonsense. He has no proof whatsoever,” Stone said of Cruz. “ ... I am many things, but stupid is not one of them."

Stone added that in addition to the controversy with Cruz, Lewandowski’s legal trouble over the past week and Trump’s recent statement on abortion are adding to his negative perception among women across the country.

“His campaign needs to get back to the main themes that have gotten him where he is today.”

Marc Caputo contributed to this report