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Don lashes out at ex- aide Omarosa, calls her ‘ dog’

When you give lowlife a break, it doesn’t work: Trump

- CATHERINE LUCEY and JILL COLVIN

In her memoir Unhinged, Omarosa recalls that Trump used N- word for African- Americans and that recordings of him using such words exist. Dispute between Trump and Omarosa was building for days as her memoir was set to release officially on Tuesday

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 AfricanAme­rican in his White House, as “that dog!”

Mr Trump tweeted a barrage of insults on Tuesday morning as Manigault Newman continued promoting her White House tell- all and releasing secret audio recordings. Her book paints a damning picture of Mr 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,” Mr Trump said. “Good work by General Kelly for quickly firing that dog!” John Kelly is White House chief of staff.

While Mr Trump trades in insults on a near daily basis, deeming Manigault Newman a “dog” was a stunning move in a row that touched on several sensitive issues in Mr Trump’s White House, including a lack of racial diversity among senior officials, security concerns — Manigault Newman taped her firing in the White House Situation Room — and extraordin­ary measures such as non- disclosure agreements to keep exemployee­s quiet.

Mr Trump 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 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.”

Mr 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 that Sunday that she had listened to one after the book closed.

On CBS Tuesday, Manigault Newman released another audio recording that she said showed campaign workers discussing an alleged recording of Mr Trump using the racial slur. The White House and the campaign did not immediatel­y respond to questions.

One of the people allegedly featured on the tape is Katrina Pierson, an adviser to Mr Trump’s re- election campaign who served as a spokeswoma­n for his 2016 campaign. Pierson has said she never heard Trump use this type of language and said on Fox that the only person she heard talking about a tape was Manigault Newman.

Every quote in the book can be verified, corroborat­ed and it’s well documented — Omarosa Manigault Newman, Former White House staff

 ?? — AP ?? In this file picture, Omarosa Manigault Newman, Eric Trump and his wife Lara Trump and Melania Trump applaud as President Donald Trump speaks during a Make America Great Again rally in Youngstown, Ohio.
— AP In this file picture, Omarosa Manigault Newman, Eric Trump and his wife Lara Trump and Melania Trump applaud as President Donald Trump speaks during a Make America Great Again rally in Youngstown, Ohio.

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