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"MY DAD IS A PSYCHO!"
Paul Manafortās Daughter Texted Friends About How Tight Her Dad Was With Trump
āHim and Trump are perfect allies.ā
Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman who was indicted on federal conspiracy and money laundering charges Monday, has a long history of ties to pro-Putin groups in Ukraine. He also has a long history of connections to Donald Trump. According to leaked texts sent and received by his daughter, Andrea Manafort Shand, the two pals were āperfect allies.ā
The Trump administration has been working overtime to downplay Manafortās role in last yearās campaign.
āPaul Manafort was brought in to lead the delegate process, which he did, and was dismissed not too long after that,ā White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday. āPaul was brought on sometime in June, and by the middle of August he was no longer with the campaign,ā then-press secretary Sean Spicer said in March.
Spicerās statement was untrue, and Sandersā claim was misleading.
The public record shows that Manafort, who had known Trump for decades, joined his campaign toward the end of March 2016. And Manafortās eventual resignation didnāt necessarily indicate he was leaving Trumpās orbit, according to his daughterās texts. Manafort Shand may have wanted to inflate her fatherās role to impress her friends. But even after her father stepped down from the campaign last August, Manafort Shand was under the impression that he had continuing influence within the Trump campaign and beyond.
The following texts, sent by Manafort Shand to her sister, Jessica Manafort, and to friends and discovered by the website Krypt3ia earlier this year, offer a markedly different understanding of the Trump/Manafort relationship than the president and his allies are attempting to sell. (Manafort previously confirmed the authenticity of several of the texts to Politico.)
The texts have been lightly edited for grammar and clarity.
March 17, 2016: The Manafort daughters claim Trump asked their father to run his campaign.
Jessica Manafort: Guess who called Dad last night and asked him to run his convention.
Andrea Manafort Shand: Mom told me he was going to call dad. She told me to get ready for Trump to be president and pick the position in the White House I want.
JM: Dad gave him his list of requirements and so long as he can fulfill the list, Dad accepted.
March 29: Even before he was announced as campaign chairman, her fatherās role was much larger than the public knew, Manafort Shand claims.
Friend: Iām not paying enough attention to really form an opinion. But yea I think economy makes sense, just hate what an asshole [Trump] is in the process.
AMS: Well hopefully my dad will help scale that back. Thatās part of the reason he was brought on. He is refusing payment. Bc he doesnāt want to be viewed as Trumpās employee. Only having his expenses covered. He is involved purely because he wants to help the country and he thinks trump is best, so long as trump gets trained a bit. PS this is all top secret, so please do not repeat.
AMS: Dude he is second in command. Perhaps arguably running it. The campaign manager is all for show. [Corey Lewandowski] doesnāt do shit. Trump has been managing his own campaign
April 7: Manafort Shand paints her father as a master manipulator who is a close ally of Trumpās.
[After sending her friend a CNN article hinting at Manafortās expanded role within the campaign.]
Friend: Is Paul getting a bigger role?! Seems like it ...
AMS: Youāre surprised?? I told you this was the game. You think Paul does anything in moderation?
Friend: And like, if Trump gets elected, guess whoās gonna be chief of staff ...
AMS: Phffff. He would never accept.
Friend: Too many skeletons in his closet?
AMS: Too constrictive. Paul is a lone wolf. Has to go his own way. Do what he wants when he wants how he wants. He doesnāt have room for other people and their needs/wants.
Friend: Yea that sounds about right
AMS: He likes the challenge. Thatās why heās doing this. Itās a game for him. He isnāt being paid.
Friend: Man I bet heās loving it.
AMS: This is pure sport. He is a power hungry egomaniac. Yes. He is loving it. Conclusively. Him and trump are perfect allies for this agenda. Itās so weird he is my dad.
[Later]
AMS: Itās just weird. Like [my dad] doesnāt seem that smart. Like he is smart. But I know Iām smarter than him.
Friend: I donāt doubt that, heās a master manipulator. Which seems pretty key.
AMS: He is very manipulative. I did inherit that ability. But I donāt exploit it like he does. I know all his tactics. They arenāt that brilliant but they do work.
Friend: But yes youāre right, you have a moral conscious [sic].
AMS: Like he just tells you the sky is green over and over. And eventually you are like is it? I donāt possess the ability to just lie like he does.
Friend: Yea he works his charm.
AMS: Itās confidence. When you say something unwaveringly, people start to believe it.
Friend: I mean yea that got Trump where he is today.
AMS: Yup. Perfect allies. Trump probably has more morals than my dad. Which is really just saying something about my dad. My dad is a psycho!!! At least trump let his wives leave him. Plus, Trump has been a good father.
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Who is Andrea Manafort?
Andrea Manafortās age is 31; her mother is Kathleen and her older sister is Jessica. Not much is known about her and she keeps most of her life very private. Sheās a lawyer and an associate general counsel at Fort L.P. in Washington, D.C. She received her law degree from Georgetown, where she was also an editor for the Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, according to LinkedIn.
More: Andrea Manafort: Facts to Know about Paul Manafort's Daughter
Well, that's very interesting coming directly from Manafort's daughters. I can easily believe it. Andrea Manafort appears to have a credible background from which to offer her opinions about her father.
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