Donald Trump spews more of his vitriol, this time a former aide is the target
Washington — President Donald Trump lashed out at his former "apprentice" and White House aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman on Tuesday in especially angry terms, slamming her as a "dog" and a "crazed, crying lowlife", as her tell-all book hit stores. Manigault-Newman — who first gained fame as a contestant on Trump’s reality TV show, The Apprentice — has dripped out recordings of embarrassing private conversations at the White House as she promotes a memoir about her time with "The Donald". Her book — which paints Trump as a racist, liar and a "germophobe" with a "total lack of empathy" — has plunged the White House and the president into fresh crisis, and her comments to the media have dominated US headlines for days.
In one of the latest incidents related to the book, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders had to retract claims about Trump’s record on African-American employment far outstripping that of his predecessor, Barack Obama. Tackling the racism allegations, Sanders s...
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