Paul Manafort Quits Trump’s Campaign

After a very tumultuous run, Paul Manafort has had enough of the chaos. The professional Republican has been a political operative for many decades and was in line to impose order on the presidential campaign of Donald Trump.

However, after many weeks of false starts and sliding poll numbers, Mr. Manafort's credibility was challenged. The relationship between Paul and Trump was not the best after Donald called him “low energy” after a damaging article was published in a newspaper. This article revealed the internal travails of the campaign.

What followed was many reports of Manafort dealing with the Ukraine and Russian-aligned leaders, involving secret lobbying efforts and millions of dollars of cash settlements in the U.S. This cast Trump back in the spotlight – with his recent admiration of the Russian president Vladimir V. Putin.

In the end, Manafort left the campaign, but not by his own choice, according to Eric Trump in an interview with Fox News. The timing of the departure was overshadowed by Trumps recent apologies and attempt to win back the public.

The name Paul is a masculine name taken from the Roman family name Paulus meaning “humble” or “small” in Latin. One of the first notable people with this name was saint Paul a leader in the early Christian Church. Saint Paul was revered and thus the name became popular among early Christian.

The name is now common around the world, from British musician Paul McCartney to the American lumberjack Paul Bunyan, and now Paul Manafort.