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Donald Trump's campaign staff is reportedly 'frustrated' and 'suicidal.' Trump says everything is great.

August 3, 2016

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Donald Trump and his campaign staff seem to have two radically different ideas of how well things are going.

Per campaign insiders, staff morale has hit an all-time low:

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

A source tells @DanaBashCNN that some Trump campaign staff are frustrated w/ candidate lately, "feel like they are wasting their time"
— Dianne Gallagher (@DianneG) August 3, 2016

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

But, per Trump, everything is going just swimmingly:

There is great unity in my campaign, perhaps greater than ever before. I want to thank everyone for your tremendous support. Beat Crooked H!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 3, 2016

Perhaps what Trump had in mind when he mentioned unity is the old adage about how much misery loves company?