Donald Trump Calls Former Aide a 'Dog'

On Tuesday, August 13, U.S. President Donald Trump intensified his verbal war with Omarosa Manigault Newman, his former aide and the highest-ranking African American in the White House, calling her a 'dog.' Trump tweeted: 'When you give a crazed crying lowlife a job in the White House, I guess it just doesn’t work out. Good work by General Kelly for quickly firing that dog!' According to the Associated Press, pressure on Newman has increased due to a lawsuit from Trump's campaign against her for violating a confidentiality agreement. A campaign official stated that the lawsuit has been submitted to the U.S. Office of Administrative Law Judges. On Tuesday morning, Trump escalated his attacks on Newman with a series of tweets, while she continued to release audio recordings of their conversations. In her recently published book, Newman presents a very negative image of Trump, claiming that he used racial slurs during his reality show 'The Apprentice.' This verbal clash has revealed sensitive issues, including the lack of racial diversity among senior White House officials and security concerns, such as signing non-disclosure agreements with all employees to silence former staffers. Newman recorded the conversation regarding her firing in a White House room known as the Situation Room. Trump denied Newman’s claim about using the term 'nigger' in his television shows. He tweeted that the producer of 'The Apprentice' assured him that 'there is no tape that shows I ever used that disgusting word that the deranged and crying Omarosa has attributed to me.' Trump emphasized, 'That word is not in my vocabulary,' adding that Newman described him as 'the real civil rights hero' before her firing. The Associated Press notes that the former White House liaison to Black voters stated in her new memoir that she had heard such tapes exist. She said on Sunday that she listened to one of these tapes after finishing her book. Another part of the conversations recorded by Newman was aired on CBS News on Tuesday, where she stated that the conversation showed his campaign staff discussing Trump’s use of racial slurs. The White House and Trump’s campaign declined to comment on the matter. During the CBS News program on Tuesday, when Newman was asked if she could defend the claims made in her book with evidence like emails or recorded conversations, she replied, 'Every quote in the book can be corroborated with other evidence, and everything is documented.' This suggests that she may have more information to release.