John Harword is a CNBC reporter:

longtime ally of Paul Manafort, Trump's campaign manager: "Manafort not challenging Trump anymore. Mailing it in. Staff suicidal." — John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 3, 2016

Here’s how the Trump camp responded:

Trump spox response to my tweet quoting longtime ally saying Manafort has stopped challenging Trump, "mailing it in" https://t.co/TKNTIYXJmn — John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 3, 2016

"…known to be unabashedly liberal and very biased against conservatives." https://t.co/k1lqXVtvAd — Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) August 3, 2016

Remember, Jason Miller used to work for Ted Cruz.

A Trump campaign source, in reax to this, tells me "it's all true" and "way worse than people realize." https://t.co/nvioNcjMCJ — Ali Vitali (@alivitali) August 3, 2016

Ali Vitali covers Trump for NBC News.







So… is the media lying, or is Trump putting this all out there for a lark? I noticed that Katrina Pierson seemed really rattled tonight on the Megyn Kelly show – she said that Obama was one of the “most qualified” candidates to ever run for President, and that he had “disabilized” the Middle East. I don’t know how to spell the word, because it’s not a real word. So is the Trump camp imploding? Stay tuned….

UPDATE:

“Lately”? LOL! He’s been doing the exact same thing for months!!!

UPDATE!!

THE TOUPEE IS REALLY HITTING THE FAN!

Top republican: @Reince is 'apoplectic' over Trump's refusal to back Ryan. He called several Trump staffers to express his displeasure. — Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) August 3, 2016

More from same source: The next 24 to 72 hours are crucial. There is serious talk about key Republicans coming out hard against Trump. — Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) August 3, 2016

Wait, seriously, that’s what got you morons fired up finally? That he didn’t endorse Paul Ryan? I guess all that unconstitutional irrational bleating that he’s done against the conservative movement was OK, as long as you got a Paul Ryan endorsement? Pathetic. You deserve to have your party burned down by Trump….