WH DEFENDS TRUMP’S ‘RACIST’ RAGE

Washington Aug. 15: President Donald Trump unloaded on former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman Tuesday, calling her a “crazed, crying lowlife” and “that dog,” as a clash rooted in the reality star's accusations of racism focused new attention on his frequent disparagement of prominent AfricanAmericans.

The public conflict showed no signs of slowing, as Manigault Newman did another round of interviews to promote her tell-all book and Trump’s presidential campaign filed arbitration action against her alleging she breached a confidentiality agreement.

Manigault Newman, has alleged there is a videotape of him using a racial slur. “I will not be silenced. I will not be intimidated. And I'm not going to be bullied by Donald Trump,” she said.

Trump, who has denied the existence of any such tape, assailed Manigault Newman in language that stood out even by his trash-talking standards, praising his chief of staff, John Kelly, “for quickly firing that dog!” Manigault Newman said that “at every single opportunity he insults AfricanAmericans,” and she accused him of trying to start a “race war.”

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders insisted the president’s insults were not racially motivated, saying: “This has nothing to do with race and everything to do with the president calling out someone’s integrity.” — AP