At a Saturday night rally in Fairfield, Connecticut, Trump went so far as to say that his race is not against the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, but against journalists. “I’m not running against Crooked Hillary,” he told a crowd. Earlier on Sunday, campaign chairman Paul Manafort tried to pour cold water on the reports that had enraged Trump. You’re dealing with a different constituency.”But as Republican officials scrambled to assert a coherent direction for their candidate’s campaign, Trump himself may have already offered the clearest sign of his strategy. “I just keep doing the same thing I’m doing right now,” Trump said on Thursday, when asked about his plans to catch up to Clinton.

Source: The Guardian August 14, 2016 18:31 UTC