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CNN) -- Donald Trump's campaign said Saturday it has fired top political adviser Roger Stone. "Mr. Trump fired Roger Stone last night. We have a tremendously successful campaign and Roger wanted to use the campaign for his own personal publicity. He has had a number of articles about him recently and Mr. Trump wants to keep the focus of the campaign on how to Make America Great Again," a campaign spokesperson told CNN. Other reports on Saturday said Stone quit. Efforts to reach Stone for comment Saturday afternoon were not immediately successful. The news was first reported by The Washington Post.
Donald Trump made the surprising announcement Saturday afternoon that he was firing his top adviser, Roger Stone, but hours before the political consultant’s friends told POLITICO that he was actually quitting.Stone’s friends say he sent an email to Trump announcing his decision to leave his presidential campaign earlier in the day. More than an hour later, Trump told a Washington Post reporter he fired Stone. The news hit Twitter about 15 minutes after Stone told a FOX News TV show that he couldn’t appear Saturday because he was no longer affiliated with the campaign, friends say.“I can’t believe Roger got-Trumped, that he got out-Stoned,” one of Stone’s friends said. “Roger’s mistake was trusting Donald and not establishing a clear record that he was resigning first.”Regardless of who resigned or was fired first, the campaign shakeup was the first sign that Trump’s election effort was seriously damaged from within after his Thursday night debate performance and his subsequent comments in which he attacked one of the FOX debate moderators, Megyn Kelly.Stone would not comment to POLITICO, but his friends shared a copy of the email he sent Trump in which he expressed gratitude concerning their longtime relationship.“I was proud to have played a role in the launch of your presidential campaign. Your message of ‘Make America Great Again’ harkened back to the Reagan era. Restoring
