Trump’s top aide said he wasn’t doing personal insults. And then he proved her very wrong.

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A campaign shake-up and strong, largely disciplined speeches recently led to the usual debate over whether Donald Trump was finally changing his ways and adjusting to the demands of the general election. His new campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, who has been getting some credit for the New Trump, even appeared on the Sunday shows and assured viewers that Trump wasn't into name-calling. "He doesn't hurl personal insults,” said Conway, who had said before joining Trump's campaign that she was uncomfortable with such name-calling and questions about people's mental capacity.

In that case, Aug 21 and 22 must have been particularly uncomfortable. Trump, as he often does, reacted to what he was seeing on cable news with a mix of personal insults and rumor-mongering. First, he called MSNBC's Donny Deutsch "little," "a failure" and "irrelevant." Then he turned to Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.


Trump’s top aide said he wasn’t doing personal insults. And then he proved her very wrong.