Corey Lewandowski says he doesn't know why he was fired by Donald Trump
A few hours after Corey Lewandowski was dismissed from Donald Trump's presidential campaign, he was asked in an interview why he was fired.
"I don't know. I don't know the answer to that," he told CNN's Dana Bash.
He downplayed the circumstances surrounding his departure, continuing, "What I know is that what we've been able to achieve in this election cycle has been historic."
He didn't answer a question about whether he thought it was right for Trump to have let him go.
"I had a nice conversation with Mr. Trump and I said to him, 'It's been an honor and a privilege to be part of this. I mean that from the bottom of my heart,'" Lewandowski said.
Lewandowski said "it's been truly amazing" being Trump's campaign manager--a comment that was made after he was escorted out of Trump Tower Monday morning. He denied reports that security escorted him out, and said that "a friend from the office" had walked him out.
Asked about reports that Trump's children such as Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner were forceful in calling for his ouster, Lewandowski suggested that nothing was wrong between him and them.
"Look, I can say I've had a great relationship with the family, and I think I continue to do so," he said. "Everybody has their own opinions."
"I've had a great relationship with Jared," he added. "He's helped us from the onset of having a better online presence...He's very good in that regard."
Lewandowski said he still intends to remain loyal to Trump by staying on as the chair of the New Hampshire delegation at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland next month.
"I can tell you that me and every person that I know will continue to vote for Donald Trump," he said.
Lewandowski was also asked to react to campaign staffers describing him as a "hothead." He said, "Look, I think I'm a very intense person...My expectation is perfection because I think that's what Mr. Trump deserves. He deserves the very best."
In a separate interview that aired on MSNBC, Lewandowski said that his strategy to "let Trump be Trump" has been successful.
"You got a person who has completely changed the way that politics is viewed in this country for the better. And you've got a thoroughbred, a person like Donald Trump, who has had his, his heart and his finger on the pulse of the American people for a long," he said.
Lewandowski said he plans to spend his free time now playing with his four children back home in New Hampshire.
