Trump Calls Omarosa a 'Dog' in New Tweet
by EG
If you've always wished America could be run even more like a trashy reality TV show, your dreams are coming true. Donald Trump continued to lash out at Omarosa Manigault, an alum of The Apprentice that Trump hired to be part of his White House staff, after Omarosa published a new book critical of him. The insults came fast and furious, with no sign that dignity exists anywhere in the White House these days. Read on for details.
President Donald Trump escalated his messy clash with former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman on Tuesday, referring to the longtime colleague, who had been the top African-American in his White House, as "that dog!"
Trump tweeted a barrage of insults Tuesday morning as Manigault Newman continued promoting her White House tell-all. It paints a damning picture of Trump, including her claim that he used racial slurs on the set of his reality show The Apprentice.
"When you give a crazed, crying lowlife a break, and give her a job at the White House, I guess it just didn't work out," Trump said. "Good work by General Kelly for quickly firing that dog!" John Kelly is White House chief of staff.
While Trump trades in insults on a near daily basis, deeming Manigault Newman a "dog" was a stunning move. He has also pushed back against Manigault Newman's claim that she had heard an audiotape of him using the N-word.
He tweeted that he had received a call from the producer of The Apprentice Mark Burnett assuring him "there are NO TAPES of the Apprentice where I used such a terrible and disgusting word as attributed by Wacky and Deranged Omarosa."
Trump insisted, "I don't have that word in my vocabulary, and never have." He said Manigault Newman had called him "a true Champion of Civil Rights" until she was fired.
Manigault Newman, the former White House liaison to black voters, writes in her new memoir that she'd heard such tapes existed. She said Sunday that she had listened to one after the book closed.
Earlier, Trump accused Manigault Newman as "wacky" and "not smart" after his former co-star revealed her recording of a phone conversation with the president.
Beyond their war of words, the row touched on several sensitive issues in Trump's White House, including a lack of racial persity among senior officials, security in the executive mansion, a culture that some there feel borders on paranoia and the extraordinary measures used to keep ex-employees quiet.
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