In Presidential Tweet, Trump Says Former Aide Was ‘A Loser’ And ‘Vicious’

Omarosa Manigault Newman, when she was still a White House staffer. She has since written a book about her time with the Trump administration, which prompted President Trump to call her a “lowlife” on Twitter

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President Trump just gave Omarosa Manigault Newman the gift of another news cycle. Trump tweeted a scathing criticism of his former top-level aide just as her book-promoting media tour was gaining steam, all but guaranteeing the kind of made-for-cable feud that made them both reality TV stars and ultimately brought them to the White House.

Manigault Newman’s book, Unhinged, is due out Tuesday.

Referencing his shows The Apprentice and Celebrity Apprentice, Trump tweeted that Manigault Newman “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.”