Corey Lewandowski was Donald Trump's first campaign manager during the 2016 campaign, but he was fired 6 months later and eventually replaced by Paul Manafort.
MANCHESTER, N.H. – President Donald Trump encouraged his former campaign manager to continue exploring a Senate bid, praising Corey Lewandowski as a “tough” and “smart” candidate who would be “tough to beat,” but stopped short of formally endorsing him at a campaign rally here Thursday evening.
Lewandowski, who lives in New Hampshire, greeted the president as he landed at the airport here this afternoon and rode to the SNHU Arena in the motorcade. He and his family were expected to discuss the potential Senate run with Trump aboard Air Force One, according to a source familiar with the meeting who was not authorized to speak publicly.
All day, the Trump campaign signaled there were no formal plans for Lewandowski to speak at tonight’s rally, but there was always the possibility the president would bring him up to the stage. In the end, Lewandowski was not invited up by his former boss.Lewandowski was Trump's first campaign manager during the 2016 campaign, but he was fired six months later and eventually replaced by Paul Manafort. Lewandowski is perhaps best known for coining the catchphrase: “Let Trump be Trump.
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