{"id":373247,"date":"2018-08-13T21:51:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T20:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/trump-feuds-with-former-apprentice-omarosa-in-white-house-drama-fit-for-reality-tv-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2018-08-13T21:51:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T20:51:11","slug":"trump-feuds-with-former-apprentice-omarosa-in-white-house-drama-fit-for-reality-tv-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/trump-feuds-with-former-apprentice-omarosa-in-white-house-drama-fit-for-reality-tv-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump feuds with former \u2018apprentice\u2019 Omarosa in White House drama fit for reality TV \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Donald Trump has taken time out of his busy presidential schedule to tweet insults at ex-White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman, amid a rapidly-escalating feud between the two estranged reality television prima donnas.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>\u201cWacky Omarosa, who got fired 3 times on The Apprentice, now got fired for the last time. She never made it, never will. She begged me for a job, tears in her eyes, I said Ok,\u201d<\/em> Trump tweeted on Monday. <em>\u201cPeople in the White House hated her. She was vicious, but not smart. I would rarely see her but heard really bad things. Nasty to people &amp; would constantly miss meetings &amp; work.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wacky Omarosa, who got fired 3 times on the Apprentice, now got fired for the last time. She never made it, never will. She 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&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1028996374174593025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;really bad things. Nasty to people &amp; would constantly miss meetings &amp; work. When Gen. Kelly came on board he told me she was a loser &amp; nothing but problems. I told him to try working it out, if possible, because she only said GREAT things about me &#8211; until she got fired!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1029002242932834310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While I know it\u2019s \u201cnot presidential\u201d 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!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1029010124881453056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The tweet comes hours after Newman, who starred in Trump\u2019s reality television series <em>\u201cThe Apprentice\u201d<\/em> before joining the White House, told NBC\u2019s <em>\u201cToday\u201d<\/em> show that Trump was a puppet who was unfit to hold the nation\u2019s highest office.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by Today host Savannah Guthrie if she thought Trump had the mental faculties needed to be president, Newman answered:<em> \u201cNo, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s fit.&#8221;<\/em> She added that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly \u2013 who allegedly fired her without Trump\u2019s knowledge \u2013 was <em>\u201crunning\u201d<\/em> the White House while Trump remained clueless about daily operations. <em>\u201cHe\u2019s being puppeted, and that\u2019s very dangerous for this nation,\u201d<\/em> Newman said.<\/p>\n<p>In an audio recording provided by Newman, Trump appears to be unaware that the former combative <em>\u201cApprentice\u201d<\/em> contestant had been fired.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arcticle__read-more read-more\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/435788-situation-room-recording-omarosa\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.08\/thumbnail\/5b70719edda4c8a8408b458d.jpg\" alt=\"Omarosa Onee Manigault-Newman \u00a9 Drew Angerer\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cOmarosa? Omarosa what\u2019s going on? I just saw on the news that you\u2019re thinking about leaving? What happened?\u201d<\/em> Trump says in the recording, which Newman claims was made a day after she lost her job at the White House in December 2017.<\/p>\n<p>After Newman tells the president that Kelly had fired her, Trump insists that nobody ever told him about it, adding: <em>\u201cYou know they run a big operation, but I didn\u2019t know it. I didn\u2019t know that. I don\u2019t love you leaving at all.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Her appearance on the morning program is part of a press tour for her new book, <em>&#8220;Unhinged: An Insider Account of the Trump White House.\u201d<\/em> In it, Newman accuses Trump of regularly dropping N-bombs during tapings of the <em>\u201cThe Apprentice.\u201d<\/em> She also claims she was offered hush money in exchange for her silence about her tenure at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>When asked over the weekend by a report if he felt betrayed by Newman, Trump shot back: <em>\u201cLowlife. She\u2019s a lowlife.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"media__youtube-frame\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f84vQ3P4oOg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Newman made waves in the media after releasing a secret audio recording of Kelly firing her during a meeting inside the Situation Room \u2013 a secure conference room in the White House basement billed as impervious to surveillance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This gets to the heart of the matter. Omarosa Manigault Newman never should have had any position in the White House \u2014 nor should Ivanka Trump &amp; Jared Kushner. This is the government of a nation with 4018 nuclear weapons, not a reality TV game show. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pGi9N1OL8O\">https:\/\/t.co\/pGi9N1OL8O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Slack (@slack2thefuture) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/slack2thefuture\/status\/1028793213124075522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump hired a reality tv star to do a job that he made up. Just a reminder that this was entirely predictable.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaHuseman\/status\/1028767965158756352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Like this story? Share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/435866-omarosa-trump-twitter-feud\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump has taken time out of his busy presidential schedule to tweet insults at ex-White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman, amid a rapidly-escalating feud between the two estranged reality television prima donnas. \u201cWacky Omarosa, who got fired 3 times on The Apprentice, now got fired for the last time. 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