Trump calls ex-'Apprentice' star turned White House aide a 'dog'

[webfact]

Trump calls ex-'Apprentice' star turned White House aide a 'dog'

 

Former U.S. White House staffer Omarosa Manigault-Newman speaks during an interview on the release of her book "Unhinged" in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 14, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman a "dog," and his campaign took legal action against her as the two former reality TV stars escalated their public feud.

 

The intensifying spat came as Manigault Newman, a former contestant on Trump's reality show "The Apprentice," publicly released more recordings from her time in his orbit as she promoted her tell-all book, "Unhinged," which describes her year at the White House.

 

She was fired last December.

 

"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. Good work by General (John) Kelly for quickly firing that dog!," Trump wrote on Twitter, referring to his chief of staff.

 

In her book, Manigault Newman accuses Trump of making derogatory statements about African-Americans, Filipinos and other minorities, as well as exhibiting "forgetfulness and frustration."

 

"His mental decline could not be denied," wrote Manigault Newman, who had been one of the Republican president's most prominent black supporters.

 

White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders, asked if she was surprised by Manigault Newman's animus toward the president, told reporters she was disappointed by what she called the former aide's self-serving and false claims.

 

"I think it's really sad what's she's doing," Sanders told a White House briefing.

 

In recent days, Manigault Newman has released audio of her firing by Kelly and of a call from Trump in which he says he did not know about her dismissal.

 

On Tuesday, CBS News released another recording it said was unverified but appeared to be Manigault Newman and several Trump campaign aides in October 2016 discussing the potential fallout from a tape of Trump using a racial epithet during the taping of "The Apprentice."

 

CBS News' parent company, CBS Corp <CBS.N>, owns Simon and Schuster Inc, which published her book. In it, Manigault Newman describes the recorded conversation as being a conference call held on Oct. 11, 2016. Reuters could not verify any of the recordings.

 

Trump on Monday denied the existence of any tape from "The Apprentice" in which he used the racial epithet.

 

Asked whether she could guarantee such a recording would never surface, Sanders said: "I can't guarantee anything, but I can tell you that the president addressed this question directly."

 

In a related development, a Trump campaign official said the campaign, which is gearing up for his 2020 re-election run, had filed an arbitration against Manigault Newman for breaching a 2016 confidentiality agreement. Asked about the pact, Manigault Newman told MSNBC she did not believe she had violated it.

 

Critics condemned Trump's tweet for what they said were racial and sexist undertones.

 

"The president of the United States is calling a woman of colour a dog? ... How dare he call anyone a dog?" Democratic U.S.

 

Representative Frederica Wilson, who is also an African-American, told CNN.

 

U.S. Senator Jeff Flake, a frequent Trump critic, called the president's language "unbecoming" and, in a tweet quoting the president's post, wrote that fellow Republicans "should not be okay with it."

 

Trump brought on Manigault Newman, previously known for repeatedly being fired on NBC's "The Apprentice," as director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison.

 

(Reporting by Susan Heavey, Steve Holland and Lisa Richwine; Writing by Susan Heavey and Tim Ahmann; Editing by Susan Thomas, Lisa Shumaker and Jonathan Oatis)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-08-15

[Samui Bodoh]

"...U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman a "dog"..."

 

Funny how he saves his most demeaning, vile, insults for black people. I wonder why that is.

 

Hmm...

[Briggsy]

Reality TV White House. This is not real news. Nice distraction for the Trump administration. They like this kind of stuff.

[JAG]

It is always worth "tuning in" to the world news, if only to see what astonishing depths of crass behaviour this remarkable fellow has managed to sink to... 

[ezzra]

Anyone you have let into your house trusting their loyalty and discrete obligations and than gose and ridicule and shame you deserves to be called many names... 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Yup, as Trump has promised the American public many times, he only hires "the best" for his Administration in Washington. I guess he forgot to mention, "the best" dogs....

 

But seriously, what does that make him?  If she's a dog, then he surely must be a dog turd.

 

Edited August 15, 2018 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[DM07]

Classy...as always!

[BuaBS]

Rapper use "dog" in their lyrics . Ask Snoop-Dog.

[Spidey]

Just now, BuaBS said:

Rapper use "dog" in their lyrics . Ask Snoop-Dog.

Good deflection! It's all Snoop Dog's fault.

[JAG]

4 minutes ago, BuaBS said:

Rapper use "dog" in their lyrics . Ask Snoop-Dog.

If I did, I suspect I wouldn't understand a word he said. 

[JAG]

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

Anyone you have let into your house trusting their loyalty and discrete obligations and than gose and ridicule and shame you deserves to be called many names... 

Are you referring to Ms Manigault-Newman's relationship with Mr Trump, or Mr Trump's relationship with the American people? 

[nobodysfriend]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

"The president of the United States is calling a woman of colour a dog? ... How dare he call anyone a dog?" Democratic U.S.

What do they have against dogs ...?

Generally I think dogs are still better than some people ...

[simple1]

3 minutes ago, BuaBS said:

Rapper use "dog" in their lyrics . Ask Snoop-Dog.

Seriously, comparing the President to a rapper - LOL. However, clutching at straws, used the word 'dogg', rapper slang for 'friend'

[spidermike007]

If there is anything that is certain about this sorry episode, it is that he DID use the N word, and he uses many words similar to is, to describe people of color. That is just the way he rolls, and who the man is. He absolutely despises people of color. When he says at a rally, "look here is MY African American" it is exactly with the same meaning and intent as someone saying "look here is my slave", 150 years ago. He only hired her as the token black person in the administration. Now, even that is coming back to bite the big dog. Calling her a dog? Cute. Rappers use the term. However rappers are infinitely classier than this joke of a man child. 

 

Get out now Don. Resign. Get out while you are still ahead. You are going down in flames. Tiny Don. Moving America backwards daily. Tiny Don. I cannot negotiate my way out of a paper bag. Tiny Don. Appointing only the least competent, and re-populating the swamp with people of no talent like Huckabee Sanders, Mnuchin, Ross, Devos, Haley, and Kelly. Guys and gals who bring absolutely nothing to the table daily. Tiny Don. Not serving his nation. Serving only himself daily. Tiny Don. The art of never being able to say no to a lobbyist. Ever. 

[Rimmer]

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[soalbundy]

A hyena barking, it's what rednecks do.

[Tug]

I think it’s the kettle calling the pot black lol they are so much alike lol they are a match made in heaven!god that dude is soooo uncouth what a cad 

[freebyrd]

Whatever your politics, Obama was and still is statesmanlike and a classy guy, while Trump is - ???.

[janclaes47]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

On Tuesday, CBS News released another recording it said was unverified but appeared to be Manigault Newman and several Trump campaign aides in October 2016 discussing the potential fallout from a tape of Trump using a racial epithet during the taping of "The Apprentice."

 

 

Maybe I read this wrong, but to me this sounds like miss Newman had an agenda, and got a job at the white house through blackmail.

[freebyrd]

3 hours ago, JAG said:

It is always worth "tuning in" to the world news, if only to see what astonishing depths of crass behaviour this remarkable fellow has managed to sink to... 

Good post, I hope you don't mind if I adjust it slightly:

 

It is always worth "tuning in" to the world news, if only to albeit reluctantly see what astonishing predictablly disgusting depths of crass behaviour this UNremarkable draft dodging cowardly fellow thing has managed to sink to... always wallowed in like the aggresive hippopotamus he really is...

[Gillyflower]

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

Anyone you have let into your house trusting their loyalty and discrete obligations and than gose and ridicule and shame you deserves to be called many names... 

I'm sorry, but this is the President of the US talking.  Very ill bred and unbecoming for a man in his position, but then he has no class.

[Rigby40]

I hate to say it but I'm with you guys on this one. This truly enraged me to hear Trump say that.

What an insult to dogs!

Edited August 15, 2018 by Rigby40

[utalkin2me]

Did trump have a mom. lol I can't even imagine facing my mom in heaven or on earth and behaving like this guy. 

[saminoz]

Not very Presidentia Donald!

What a pathetic, inflated orange buffoon you are!

Wat a cringe-worthy embarassment to the USA.

Unbelievable.

[sammieuk1]

She needs to get a burka on and let Boris have a go as part of the special relationship ?

[bristolboy]

21 minutes ago, Rigby40 said:

I hate to say it but I'm with you guys on this one. This truly enraged me to hear Trump say that.

What an insult to dogs!

Congratulations! You've managed to outtrump Trump in sheer nastiness. Who knows what new lows you may sink to.

[Stargeezr]

Tee Rump is another kind of dinosaur.  How can this back alley mutt call any

one else a dog!

[Jingthing]

42 minutes ago, saminoz said:

Not very Presidentia Donald!

What a pathetic, inflated orange buffoon you are!

Wat a cringe-worthy embarassment to the USA.

Unbelievable.

Yeah. But it's believable and totally predictable coming from the man baby.

[puck2]

A question to the experts:

Why isn't it possible to take the LOTUS (The Liar Of ...) Trump to the judge because of his unjustified, extreme crude and nearly daily insults against people he doesn't like ???

Freedom of speech (has limits in a normal state) ?

Immunity as the POTUS ?

Resistance of the Rep party (because you need a special number of the members of the congress) ?

Edited August 15, 2018 by puck2

[bristolboy]

2 minutes ago, puck2 said:

A question to the experts:

Why isn't it possible to take the LOTUS (The Liar Of ...) Trump to the judge because of his unjustified, extreme crude and nearly daily insults against people he doesn't like ???

Freedom of speech (has limits in a normal state) ?

Immunity as the POTUS ?

 

It doesn't take an expert to refer you to the 1st Amendment.