Top Trump aide bats down reports of strife within campaign

Donald Trump’s campaign chief on Wednesday pushed back on reports of turmoil within the campaign, calling it a Hillary Clinton narrative that the media has picked up on. 

{mosads}Paul Manafort’s comments follow a hectic few days for the Trump camp, in which the Republican presidential nominee has faced bipartisan backlash over his attacks on the family of a slain U.S. soldier and refused to back Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) in his primary race.

Other reports surfaced that Manafort has lost control of the GOP nominee and that top Republican leaders plan to stage an “intervention” with Trump in the coming days. 

“This is the first I’m hearing of that,” Manafort said on Fox News Wednesday, rejecting a report that he, Trump’s children, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) would meet with Trump in the coming days for an “intervention.”

“The only need we have for an intervention is maybe with some media types who keep saying things that aren’t true. … The campaign is focused and the campaign is moving forward in a positive way.”

“The candidate is in control of his campaign, that’s No. 1, and I’m in control of doing the things he wants me to do in the campaign. The turmoil — this is another Clinton narrative that she put out there and that the media is picking up on,” Manafort said.