NEWS'I Fell for a Con Man': Omarosa Manigault Newman Says Donald Trump 'Turned Out to Be the Biggest Fraud'
Oct. 9 2023, Published 3:54 p.m. ET
Omarosa Manigault Newman got candid about what it was like to work for Donald Trump.
"For me, I just can’t believe I fell for a con man, a con man who turned out to be the biggest fraud. I mean, literally found by the courts to be a big fraud, so a lot of the backdrop of our show, a lot of The Apprentice that we thought was real was fabricated, and it was just a house of cards. So, I mean, we were duped, and we were young entrepreneurs thinking that we were really gonna learn something from this brilliant businessman. All we learned was not the art of the deal but the art of the con," the reality star, 49, told Entertainment Tonight in a new interview about appearing on The Apprentice alongside the former president, 77.
Newman went onto to work with Trump, as she served as the assistant to the president and director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison during the Trump Administration in January 2017. She was later fired by then-White House Chief of Staff John Kelly in December 2017.
Omarosa Manigault Newman previously worked for Donald Trump.
In 2018, Newman came forward and alleged that she had tapes where Trump acted surprised about her firing.
"Omarosa? Omarosa what's going on? I just saw on the news that you're thinking about leaving? What happened?" Trump said one day after she was let go.
"General Kelly came to me and said that you guys wanted me to leave," she replied, to which Trump claimed, "Nobody even told me about it."
Omarosa Manigault Newman was later fired from her White House job.
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Meanwhile, Trump hit back at the allegations via Twitter.
"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 really bad things. Nasty to people & would constantly miss meetings & work. When Gen. Kelly came on board he told me she was a loser & nothing but problems. I told him to try working it out, if possible, because she only said GREAT things about me - until she got fired!" he fumed.
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Donald Trump claimed he didn't know anything about the firing.
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Omarosa Manigault Newman regrets supporting Donald Trump.
"While I know it’s 'not presidential' 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!" he added.
