President Donald Trump’s decision to hire — and then fire — Omarosa Manigault-Newman is one he’s surely come to regret. The Apprentice contestant turned White House aide has turned on her former boss, including releasing secret recordings from the White House and accusing the president of using racist language.
Manigault-Newman, 44, is making the media rounds to promote her upcoming book, Unhinged, which was released on August 14. In the book, she makes a number of accusations, including that there’s a tape of Trump repeatedly using the n-word, that the president is in a state of mental deterioration, and that Trump used racial epithets when talking about Kellyanne Conway’s husband, George Conway, who has Filipino ancestry. (George Conway has called the allegations “ridiculous.”)
Given the rancorous nature of Manigault-Newman’s exit from the White House and her hints that she had a story to tell while appearing on CBS’s Celebrity Big Brother, it was anticipated that her book and media tour would bring some drama. And they have.
The debate over Donald Trump’s alleged n-word tape, explained
Rumors of a tape of Donald Trump saying the n-word are getting new attention following the release of a book from ex-White House staffer Omarosa Manigault-Newman. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ImagesThe last time recording devices played such an outsize role in a president’s narrative, Richard Nixon occupied the White House. But for President Donald Trump, recordings and tapes have shaped his presidency from the very beginning.
There was the October 2016 release of the Access Hollywood tape in which Trump bragged about his ability to grab women’s genitals because he is a star. Later, President Trump threatened to release tapes of a conversation with former FBI Director James Comey (to which Comey famously replied, “Lordy, I hope there are tapes”).
Read Article >Omarosa’s nondisclosure agreements: what, exactly, can Trump keep her from talking about?
Omarosa Manigault Newman sits behind Donald Trump in February 2017. At the time, she was the White House director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesOmarosa Manigault-Newman, the former Trump staffer who has made incendiary claims about the president — including that he has used the “n-word” — has complained that the Trump campaign is trying to “silence” her by threatening to enforce a nondisclosure agreement she signed when she started working for Trump on the 2016 campaign.
And indeed that campaign now says it has filed a complaint, in arbitration, against her for violating the terms of that agreement.
Read Article >What will happen if a Trump n-word tape comes out? Look at the Access Hollywood tape.
President Trump with Vice President Mike Pence and Omarosa Manigault-Newman in March. Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesWhat will happen if the American public hears President Donald Trump, on tape, saying the n-word? The question feels more pressing by the day, as new recordings and comments made by Omarosa Manigault-Newman come to light.
Many are debating what effect, if any, such a tape would have on voters’ opinions. But we already have a good idea of how Trump’s party might react, thanks to his history as a candidate: The Access Hollywood tape, and Republican responses to it, set the playbook for all of Trump’s future scandals.
Read Article >A reporter confronted Sarah Sanders about Trump’s habit of insulting black people on Twitter
Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesDuring the White House press briefing on Tuesday, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders was asked if President Trump was “singling out” black people and others because of their race after Trump called Omarosa Manigault-Newman a “dog” and a “crazed, crying lowlife.”
“What do you say to people who look at the pattern of the comments the president made specifically about African Americans and feel like he is singling those folks out because of their race? Are they missing something? Are they deluding themselves?” asked Jill Colvin of the Associated Press.
Read Article >Omarosa claims Trump had advance knowledge of hacked emails, but gives no details or proof
Omarosa Manigault-Newman. NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesDuring a television interview Tuesday, Omarosa Manigault-Newman made a bombshell claim about a matter central to the Trump-Russia investigation — but offered no specifics or corroboration to back it up.
MSNBC’s Katy Tur asked the former White House and Trump campaign staffer whether Donald Trump knew about hacked Democratic emails before they were publicly released during the 2016 — and Omarosa responded, “Absolutely.”
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Omarosa Manigault-Newman on the Today show on August 13, 2018, the day before her new book, Unhinged, was published. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty ImagesAfter days of lead-up, including the release of secret recordings and accusations that President Donald Trump is racist and in mental decline, Omarosa Manigault-Newman’s new book, Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House, has arrived.
Manigault-Newman, the former Apprentice contestant turned top White House aide, has been creating quite a buzz about her book in recent days. Over the weekend, she appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press, during which she played a recording of Chief of Staff John Kelly firing her in the White House Situation Room in December, and accused the Trump campaign of trying to buy her silence. On Monday, she played another tape, this time of a phone call with Trump, who seemed dismayed after she was fired.
Read Article >Trump calling Omarosa a “dog” isn’t just racist or sexist. It’s part of a pattern.
Donald Trump ramped up his criticism of former aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman on Tuesday. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump called former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault-Newman — the woman who once served as his highest-profile black staffer — a “dog” on Twitter Tuesday morning.
“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 tweeted. “Good work by General Kelly for quickly firing that dog!”
Read Article >Did Omarosa’s secret recordings break the law? I asked a legal expert.
President Donald Trump listens to director of communications for the White House Public Liaison Office Omarosa Manigault during an event in the Oval Office of the White House October 24, 2017, in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty ImagesOmarosa Manigault-Newman is having a moment.
The reality TV star turned prominent White House aide kicked off her book tour this weekend by alleging that President Trump uses racist language, and by releasing a secret recording of White House Chief of Staff John Kelly firing her in the White House Situation Room.
Read Article >Trump, Omarosa, and the disturbing power of dehumanizing language
Javier Zarracina/VoxAs a president, Donald Trump can be erratic. But there’s at least one area where he’s consistent: using demeaning and dehumanizing language, especially when he’s talking about refugees, immigrants, and his critics.
Here’s the most recent example. On Tuesday, he tweeted this apparent attack against former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault-Newman, calling her a “dog.”
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