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   The interview blunder came shortly after the news broke that Mr Trump’s campaign staff had undergone a major shake-up to win back favour in the polls. 
   
   "It is certainly an issue - the African American problem in this country," Mr Cohen said on CNN, referring to Mr Trump’s law and order speech in Milwaukee following the killing of black man 23-year-old Sylville Smith and ensuing riots. 
   
   "What I meant to say is the problem that exists in the African American community," Mr Cohen later clarified. 
   
   He added that Mr Trump was “colourblind”, but was aware of the racial tensions in the US. 
   
   In an awkward exchange, Mr Trump’s special counsel was asked about the Republican nominee's low ratings in the polls. 
   
   "Says who?" Mr Cohen fired back. 
   
   "Polls. Most of them. All of them?" replied anchor Brianna Keilar. 
   
   "Says who?" he asked again. 
   
   "Polls. I just told you. I just answered your question." 
   
   "Says who?" Donald Trump aide Michael Cohen questions polls that show the businessman trailing Hillary Clinton https://t.co/Ri6l5akJEC — CNN (@CNN) August 17, 2016 
   
   "Ok. Which polls?" he asked. 
   
   "All of them." 
   
   The interview has done little to assure Trump voters that his campaign is back on track after suffering low ratings versus Hillary Clinton in swing states like Virginia. 
   
   Three months before the election, Mr Trump has added two officials to oversee the campaign including Breitbart News executive chairman, Steve Bannon, and Kellyanne Conway, now campaign manager. 
   
   Former campaign manager Paul Manafort, who was only appointed in April, will remain chairman. 
   
   Roger Ailes, the fired head of Fox News, will also act as a Trump adviser. 
   
   The shake-up comes just a few months after Mr Trump dismissed Corey Lewandowski, who is now a political commentator on CNN. ||||| Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's lawyer, repeatedly asked CNN "says who?" when an anchor said Trump was down. | Getty Trump lawyer on polls showing him losing: 'Says who?' 
   
   Asked about Donald Trump’s decision to hire a pair of new senior campaign officials amid his growing polling deficit, the Manhattan billionaire’s attorney’s incredulous response was “says who?” 
   
   In an interview on Wednesday afternoon, substitute CNN host Brianna Keilar asked Trump Organization Executive Vice President Michael Cohen about the hiring of campaign manager Kellyanne Conway and CEO Stephen Bannon, widely perceived as a shakeup intended to remedy the Republican nominee’s struggling campaign. 
   
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   Cohen balked at the idea that the hires constituted any kind of shakeup and interrupted Keilar in the middle of a follow-up question when she said, “You say it is not a shakeup but you guys are down.” 
   
   “Says who?” said Cohen, whose job description also includes serving as Trump’s special counsel. 
   
   “Polls. Most of them. All of them?” an incredulous Keilar responded, sounding surprised that Cohen would refuse to even acknowledge the notion that Trump’s campaign had fallen behind that of Hillary Clinton. 
   
   “Says who?” Cohen asked again, to which Keilar replied, “Polls. I just told you. I answered your question.” 
   
   Unsatisfied, Cohen followed up: “OK, which polls?” 
   
   “All of them,” the CNN host said. 
   
   “OK,” Cohen said. “And your question is?” 
   
   With the back-and-forth finished, Keilar asked what the hiring of Conway and Bannon signified if not a campaign shakeup. 
   
   “I think bringing on someone like Kellyanne Conway was a great move, and it was something, personally, I would have liked to see happen earlier,” Cohen said. “But the campaign wasn’t ready for it. Now they are. I think she is a brilliant individual. I think that she understands the data that’s coming in.” ||||| Tweet with a location 
   
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   On Twitter, the question of the day is #SaysWho? 
   
   The trend started after CNN's Brianna Keilar interviewed Trump Organization lawyer Michael Cohen about the hiring of campaign manager Kellyanne Conway and CEO Stephen Bannon. The following ensued when Cohen questioned exactly who claimed Trump is down in the polls. 
   
   When asked about being down in the race, Trump adviser replies, "Says who?"https://t.co/HO9wqbdDWRhttps://t.co/C2UzSDdUo4 — The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) August 17, 2016 
   
   Keilar: "You say it’s not a shake-up, but you guys are down —" 
   
   Cohen: "Says who? Says who?" 
   
   Keilar: "Polls. Most of them. All of them?" 
   
   Cohen: "Says who?" 
   
   Keilar: "Polls. I just told you. I answered your question." 
   
   Cohen: "Okay. Which polls?" 
   
   Keilar: "All of them." 
   
   *walks up to Michael Cohen's door* 
   
   
   
   "Knock knock." 
   
   "Who's there?" 
   
   "Says." 
   
   "Says who?" 
   
   "THE POLLS. ALL OF THEM." — (((Danielle))) (@abradacabla) August 17, 2016 
   
   Actually, it's "says whom" — Simon Owens (@simonowens) August 17, 2016 
   
   Polls — Alex Bedder (@itgetsbedder) August 17, 2016 
   
   "Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time." 
   
   "Says who?" 
   
   "Polls. Most of them. All of them." — Alp Ozcelik (@alplicable) August 17, 2016 
   
   Hillary Clinton is ahead in most polls, most recently according to Quinnipiac University polls out Wednesday, she leads by double-digits in Virginia and Colorado and also edges Trump in Iowa. 
   
   But Trump is winning at least one poll on Wednesday, A Monmouth University poll of Indiana found he was ahead of Clinton by 11 points in the state, 47%-36%. Trump’s running mate is the state's governor, Mike Pence, and Indiana generally votes Republican (though it did support Barack Obama in 2008). Bonus Trump-led poll: the Iowa State Fair corn poll. 
   
   The exchange on CNN ended with Cohen's statement on Trump's campaign changes: “I think bringing on someone like Kellyanne Conway was a great move, and it was something, personally, I would have liked to see happen earlier,” he said. “But the campaign wasn’t ready for it. Now they are. I think she is a brilliant individual. I think that she understands the data that’s coming in.” 
   
   Twitter users are now spamming Cohen, replying “Says who?” in response to all his tweets. 
   
   Read or Share this story: http://usat.ly/2bCOp8l ||||| Donald Trump’s attack dog attorney, Michael Cohen, had a major bone to pick with CNN’s Brianna Keilar on her program Wednesday afternoon. In typical lawyer fashion, Cohen had an issue with semantics. He was upset with how the media was characterizing the shake up which resulted in Trump appointing new campaign leaders. Cohen insisted that the “change up” was not, in fact, “a shake up.” Earlier today, Trump’s campaign announced Stephen Bannon, the head of Breitbart News, would become Trump’s campaign chief executive, and Kellyanne Conway would take over as the campaign manager. During the segment, Keilar pushed back saying the campaign was “down.” Cohen pushed back: “says who?” Keilar replied “polls.” And things, well, got pretty awkward. 
   
   Watch below (tensions really start right off the top and around 5:20): 
   
   Michael Cohen is Executive Vice President and Special Counsel to Donald J. Trump. He has been notoriously aggressive defending Trump against media, threatening to sue multiple organizations over stories (including this one). Interestingly, he was a registered Democrat who voted for Barack Obama in 2008.
target: – Donald Trump's lawyer has apparently decided that it's his turn to make the gaffes. In an interview with CNN Wednesday, notoriously combative Trump Organization attorney Michael Cohen interrupted host Brianna Keilar when she said that the campaign was "down," Politico reports. "Says who?" he asked. "Polls. Most of them. All of them?" she replied. "Says who?" Cohen asked again. When she repeated it was polls, he responded, "OK, which polls?” and Keilar said: “All of them." USA Today reports that Twitter users were quick to mock Cohen and are now replying "Says who?" to all his tweets. Cohen, in what Law Newz calls "typical lawyer fashion," also took issue with Trump's overhaul of campaign staff being called a "shake-up," insisting it was actually a "change-up." Cohen also raised eyebrows when he told Kielar that Trump knows about "the African-American problem in this country," the Independent reports. "What I meant to say is the problem that exists in the African-American community," he later said. (Michael Moore says he "knows for a fact" that Trump never really wanted to be president.)