Donald Trump on Monday night briefly addressed why he parted ways with his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, telling Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly that he needs to take the campaign in a different direction.
“He’s a good man. We’ve had great success,” Trump told O’Reilly when asked why Lewandowski was let go from the campaign. “I think Corey’s terrific. I watched him before. He was terrific toward me.”
“He’s a good guy, he’s a friend of mine, but I think it’s time now for a different kind of a campaign,” Trump added.
Trump noted that during the primary he “ran a small, beautiful, well-unified campaign,” and that he will continue with that to a certain extent.
Lewandowski did not divulge much on Monday when asked why he had to leave the campaign, instead singing Trump’s praises in television interviews. He told CNN’s Dana Bash that he did not know why he was not still on the campaign.
