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International desk: President Donald Trump on Monday plunged himself into a made-for-TV spat with his former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman \u2014 a mud-slinging match that has fuelled fears of chaos in his White House and cast doubt on his pledge to hire \u201conly the best people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Manigault Newman \u2014 who first gained fame as a contestant on Trump\u2019s reality show \u201cThe Apprentice,\u201d and then secured a $180,000-a-year staff job at the White House \u2014 released a recording of a private conversation she had with the president after she was fired.<\/p>\n
The recording by the disgruntled 44-year-old, once an ardent Trump ally, represents another stunning breach of presidential trust. It also came on the eve of the release of her tell-all book, \u201cUnhinged.\u201d<\/p>\n
NBC\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d program on Monday played the brief recording, in which Trump claims to have had no knowledge that she was sacked and expresses regret at the news.<\/p>\n
That revelation sparked a stream of presidential invective on Twitter.<\/p>\n
\u201cWacky Omarosa, who got fired 3 times on the Apprentice, now got fired for the last time. She never made it, never will,\u201d Trump said in a stream of angry tweets.<\/p>\n
The Republican president claimed that Manigault Newman \u201calready has a fully signed Non-Disclosure Agreement!\u201d \u2014 a first admission that members of the administration were asked to sign potentially illegal hush deals.<\/p>\n
If such deals prohibit government staff from revealing all information they learn of at work, the American Civil Liberties Union said \u201cthey are unconstitutional and unenforceable.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 \u2018They run a big operation\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n
Manigault Newman\u2019s recordings have also caused political problems for Trump, dominating American headlines for days \u2014 and she told NBC that there are \u201cabsolutely\u201d more audio files.<\/p>\n
The latest recording appears to show a president who has little knowledge of what is happening inside his own White House \u2014 or who is willing to lie to avoid confrontation.<\/p>\n
\u201cOmarosa? Omarosa, what\u2019s going on? I just saw on the news that you\u2019re thinking about leaving? What happened?\u201d he said, apparently unaware she had already been fired.<\/p>\n
\u201cNobody even told me about it,\u201d Trump is heard saying, after chief of staff John Kelly terminated her employment.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know they run a big operation, but I didn\u2019t know it,\u201d he says, adding: \u201cI didn\u2019t know that. Goddamn it. I don\u2019t love you leaving at all.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 \u2018Wacky Omarosa\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n
Trump had already branded \u201cOmarosa\u201d \u2014 as she is commonly known in America \u2014 a \u201clowlife\u201d after she released a recording of her firing by Kelly, seemingly recorded in the White House Situation Room.<\/p>\n
He hurled angry tweets at his former friend, as he prepared to return to the White House following an 11-day vacation in New Jersey.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe begged me for a job, tears in her eyes, I said Ok. People in the White House hated her. She was vicious, but not smart. I would rarely see her but heard really bad things,\u201d Trump tweeted.<\/p>\n
\u201cNasty to people & would constantly miss meetings & work. When Gen. Kelly came on board he told me she was a loser & nothing but problems. I told him to try working it out, if possible, because she only said GREAT things about me \u2013 until she got fired!\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump seemed to acknowledge that the unseemly fight would have been unusual for most of his 44 predecessors as president of the United States.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile I know it\u2019s \u2018not presidential\u2019 to take on a lowlife like Omarosa, and while I would rather not be doing so, this is a modern day form of communication and I know the Fake News Media will be working overtime to make even Wacky Omarosa look legitimate as possible. Sorry!\u201d<\/p>\n
She fired back, telling NBC: \u201cI think it\u2019s sad with all of the things going on in the country that he would take time out to insult me and to insult my intelligence. This is his pattern with African Americans. He doesn\u2019t know how to control himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Manigault Newman later expressed willingness to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion between Trump\u2019s campaign and Moscow \u2014 and indicated that she had already been contacted by his office.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf his office calls again, anything they want, I\u2019ll share,\u201d she said on MSNBC\u2019s \u201cHardball.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump came to office vowing to hire \u201conly the best people\u201d \u2014 but has struggled to put a lid on leaks, incompetence, backbiting and scandal inside his White House.<\/p>\n
Manigault Newman is only one of a number of senior aides to Trump who have left the White House or been dismissed in the first 18 months of his presidency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
International desk: President Donald Trump on Monday plunged himself into a made-for-TV spat with his former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman \u2014 a mud-slinging match that has fuelled fears of chaos in his White House and cast doubt on his pledge to hire \u201conly the best people.\u201d Manigault Newman \u2014 who first gained fame as a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":46467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n