A figure within the Trump campaign raised eyebrows this week by suggesting that the former president was ready to abandon New Hampshire.

Yet according to Newsweek, the campaign has since disavowed that position and fired the individual in question. 

Staffer: Trump is "sure to lose by an even higher margin" than he did previously

Tom Mountain is a former official with the Massachusetts GOP who resigned his position in 2021 following an outcry over comments he made on social media.

As Newsweek reported, he sent an email to volunteers which encouraged them to get involved in Pennsylvania as "the campaign has determined that New Hampshire is no longer a battleground state."

A Donald Trump campaign volunteer warned that New Hampshire was "no longer a battleground state" in an email. https://t.co/SuRqURetuQ

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) September 3, 2024

Mountain went on to assert that Trump is "sure to lose by an even higher margin" in New Hampshire this year than he did in 2016 and 2020.

What's more, Mountain claimed that the former president and other high-profile individuals would not be sent to the state and resources would be curtailed.

Trump campaign press secretary: "The Granite State is in play"

Those words were quickly met with denunciation in a statement released by Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who said that Mountain has been removed from his unpaid position.

"President Trump's campaign maintains an on-the-ground presence in New Hampshire, including staff and offices, while Kamala Harris is parachuting in because she knows that the Granite State is in play," Leavitt insisted.

"We look forward to building on the momentum that we have grown since the primary and sending New Hampshire's four electoral votes to President Trump's column on November 5," she went on to add.

Meanwhile, a Trump campaign email explained, "It appears this was just an independent attempt to generate enthusiasm for volunteer deployments to a nearby major swing state."

Newsweek noted that surveys conducted in New Hampshire earlier this year suggested that the Granite State could be up for grabs.

A poll carried out between June 28 and June by Saint Anselm College gave Trump a two-point advantage over President Joe Biden while other polls showed the two men as being tied.

However, the race appears to have changed since Biden opted to end his reelection campaign and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris.

Surveys listed by the website FiveThirtyEight typically found that Harris is leading Trump by between five and seven percentage points.