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2016 US ELECTION

Donald Trump drops campaign manager: media

– Chaotic convention? –

After sewing up the Republican presidential nomination in early May, Trump had closed the gap with Clinton in the polls.

But since then, Clinton has dispatched rival Bernie Sanders and found her rhythm on the trail in blasting Trump. Result – she now has a nearly six-point lead over the billionaire, according to an average of opinion polls by specialist website Real Clear Politics.

Clinton, relying on her deep experience in foreign policy, has repeatedly drilled home the idea that Trump is “temperamentally unfit” and unqualified to lead.

Trump has repeatedly promised to tone down his rhetoric and lead a more understated campaign, but has not done so, much to the chagrin of worried Republican leaders.

His attacks on a federal judge of Mexican descent who is presiding over cases involving Trump’s defunct online university, alleging bias because of his heritage, have shocked some Republicans, and revived the slim hopes of some anti-Trump Republicans that someone else could be the nominee.

Trump’s decision to head to Scotland this week to open up a new golf course, instead of remaining on the campaign trail, has also turned heads and heightened fears about his ability to focus on the White House race.

All that could spell chaos for a Republican convention that is meant to highlight unity – the party is certainly laboring to project that image, and Apple’s decision to drop out as a sponsor over Trump won’t help.

But Trump remains unfazed, telling MSNBC at the weekend: “We really haven’t started. We start pretty much after the convention.”

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