Donald Trump made a habit of touting his high poll numbers – when he was up. But after hiring two new top campaign executives, his television surrogates seem to be denying that the Republican presidential nominee was making a big change. (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post)There was a time when Donald Trump loved polls. But the campaign tried its hardest to smother that narrative, sending its small army of television surrogates to attempt to change the narrative. In the video above, several of Trump's top surrogates can be seen trying to deflect the argument that the campaign shake-up wasn't a … campaign shake-up.

Source: Washington Post August 18, 2016 21:00 UTC