He isn't pivoting. He's going back to "let Trump be Trump".
Stephen Bannon, a former banker who runs the influential conservative outlet Breitbart News and is known for his fiercely anti-establishment politics, has been named the Trump campaign’s chief executive. Kellyanne Conway, a veteran Republican pollster who has been close to Trump for years, will assume the role of campaign manager.
Rick Wilson, a GOP consultant, said angst was evident Wednesday morning. “If you were looking for a pivot, Bannon will pivot you in a dark, racist and divisive direction. It’ll be a nationalist, hateful campaign,” Wilson said.
In Bannon, Trump is turning to an alter ego — a colorful, edgy figure on the right who has made a documentary about Sarah Palin.
Bannon has been urging Trump for months to
not mount a fall campaign that makes Republican donors and officials comfortable, aides said.
Instead, Bannon has been telling Trump to run more fully as an outsider and an unabashed nationalist.
Trump has listened intently to Bannon and agreed with him, believing that voters will ultimately want a presidential candidate who represents disruption more than a candidate with polished appeal, the aides said.
“I want to win,” Trump told the
Wall Street Journal. “That’s why I’m bringing on fantastic people who know how to win and love to win.”
The campaign said in its statement that Bannon would be “temporarily stepping down from his role with Breitbart News" in a new position designed to bolster the business-like approach of Mr. Trump’s campaign.”
"You know, I am who I am," Trump told a Wisconsin television station. "It's me. I don't want to change. Everyone talks about, 'Oh, well, you're going to pivot, you're going to.' I don't want to pivot.”
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