Trump says he fired top adviser

Donald Trump (Nati Harnik, AP)

Donald Trump, the billionaire roiling the Republican presidential field with his controversial statements

Here’s the statement released Saturday afternoon from Trump’s campaign:

Mr. Trump fired Roger Stone last night. We have a tremendously successful campaign and Roger wanted to use the campaign for his own personal publicity. He has had a number of articles about him recently and Mr. Trump wants to keep the focus of the campaign on how to Make America Great Again

Stone, a veteran GOP strategist, disputed Trump’s version of events, saying he quit the developer’s campaign. Trump “didn’t fire me,” Stone wrote on Twitter. “I fired Trump.”

Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry @realDonaldTrump@megynkelly

— Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) August 8, 2015

(For the uninitiated, here’s a recent look at StonePolitico

The campaign shake-up, first reported by The Washington Post