Trump replaces campaign manager 

Donald Trump has replace his election campaign manager Brad Parscale in a major shake-up less than four months before November's presidential vote. 

The president has promoted veteran Republican operative Bill Stepien to oversee his campaign, he announced on Wednesday.

"Brad Parscale, who has been with me for a very long time and has led our tremendous digital and data strategies, will remain in that role, while being a senior advisor to the campaign," Trump added.

His announcement came on Facebook as a Twitter hack made verified accounts such as the president's inaccessible.

Trump's relationship with Parscale had been increasingly strained, with the president said to be annoyed by the publicity his campaign manager had garnered in the role.

But the final straw appeared to be a Tulsa, Oklahoma, rally last month that drew an unexpectedly low crowd of about 6,200 people after Parscale had bragged that more than a million people had requested tickets.

The shake-up has injected familiar turmoil to Trump's 2020 campaign, which had so far largely avoided the regular staff churn that dominated the president's 2016 campaign and his administration.

It comes as Mr Trump has been struggling in his re-election campaign against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, and with the nation facing health and economic crises during a pandemic that has killed more than 135,000 Americans.

The staff change was not expected to alter the day-to-day running of the campaign.

News of the reshuffle was delivered to Parscale on Wednesday afternoon by White House adviser and Mr Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. Parscale, a political novice, ran Trump's digital advertising in 2016 and was credited with helping bring about his surprise victory that year.

Stepien has been in politics for years, working for former New Jersey governor Chris Christie and serving as Trump's national field director in 2016.

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