With all the smoke and mirrors going on around the presidential election, it can be hard to see all that goes on behind the scenes. This morning I found out that Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has resigned. In a public statement, Donald Trump stated that, “This morning Paul Manafort offered, and I accepted, his resignation from the campaign.” He also wished Paul best luck in his future. I find it interesting that Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s previous campaign manager, was fired earlier in the summer almost as a sign of Trump accepting Manafort’s strategy of a more reserved approach. Now, Trump heads the direct opposite direction by promoting Bannon, a media strategist, to his campaign CEO. I think that as Bannon encouraged Trump’s aggressive approach that he used for the primary, Manafort became less useful to the campaign. Not to mention the investigation into Manafort’s past. The investigation particularly focuses on his time as a lobbyist in Ukraine where he supported pro-Russian interests and how his ethics, or lack thereof allowed him to do that. This unwanted interest was quickly exploited by the Clinton campaign in an attempt to tie Trump to the Kremlin. All of this backstory leads to what the public saw, just an ordinary resignation.