Donald Trump restructured his campaign leadership Tuesday in a desperate attempt to turn around his flagging presidential bid. Bannon will oversee Trump campaign staff and day-to-day operations, while Conway will primarily focus on messaging, according to a press release issued Wednesday morning. Things got so bad this week that Republican campaign operatives openly wondered whether Trump could be deliberately sabotaging his own campaign. The addition of Bannon and Conway to the campaign’s leadership was widely seen as a demotion for Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort, a veteran GOP operative. Manafort assumed sole responsibility for Trump’s campaign in July, after Trump fired longtime campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.

Source: Huffington Post August 17, 2016 10:15 UTC