Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort spoke with Joe Pags this week to discuss the 2016 election, the Democrats’ effort to derail him, and the state of America.

“I think you scared the crap out of the Left. Is that what you felt?” asked Pags.

“I have heard that. I heard the DNC panicked when Trump brought me on,” said Manafort.

“I’m told the DNC cranked up their dirty tricks operation. They started sending people over to Ukraine. George Soros was financing it. Some of the dirt they used against me got its genesis after my appointment,” he added.

“It wasn’t about me. It was about Trump. I was a means to their end. They thought I would give up Donald Trump. I would have to lie to do that,” he explained.

Watch the conversation above.