President Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, on Thursday denied media reports that Trump shouted at him over the phone about polling data.
Parscale continued, “Curious how multiple outlets had the same false story from bitter anonymous sources whose clear goal is to hurt POTUS.”
CNN, The Associated Press, and the New York Times similarly reported that Trump yelled at Parscale during a meeting earlier this month after it showed his support was dwindling in key battleground states during his response to the pandemic. CNN reported that Trump shouted at Parscale and threatened to sue him.
“CNN is falsely reporting that I was recently shouting at my campaign manager over made up nonsense,” the president contended. “Actually, he is doing a great job, I never shouted at him (been with me for years, including the 2016 win), & have no intention to do so. Just FAKE NEWS!”
Some polls have shown that former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive nominee for Democrats, has an edge over Trump nationwide.
“I believe the people of this country are smart. And I don’t think that they will put a man in who’s incompetent,” he said.
“And I don’t mean incompetent because of a condition that he’s got now. I mean he’s incompetent for 30 years. Everything he ever did was bad. His foreign policy was a disaster,” he added.
“No, I don’t think so. I think it’s a referendum on a lot of things,” the president said. “I think it’s going to be a referendum on all the things we’ve done and certainly this will be a part of it, but we’ve done a great job.”
Trump, meanwhile, told the news agency that “of course” he would debate Biden in the fall.
