Trump says he heard 'bad things' about Omarosa, but wouldn't fire her because 'she only said GREAT things about me'


President Trump is officially declaring war on Omarosa Manigault Newman.
Over the past week, the Apprentice star turned White House aide has popped around the media, spreading harsh accounts of her time in the West Wing. Manigault Newman declared that Trump used the N-word, alleged the president has "mentally declined," and apparently secretly recorded White House Chief of Staff John Kelly in the Situation Room.
Trump finally fired back at Manigault Newman's press whirlwind Monday morning, tweeting that Manigault Newman's dismissal from the White House in December would be the "last time" he fired her. The president went on to describe Manigault Newman's terrible work ethic, which he apparently overlooked because she "only said GREAT things about me."
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Trump's tweets fail to acknowledge that he had to hire Manigault Newman four times to fire her just as many.
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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
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