Trump ‘Thanks’ Omarosa For The ‘Kind Words’ After She Drops New Recording

Omarosa Manigault (L) who was a contestant on the first season of Donald Trump's "The Apprentice" and is now an ordained minister, appears alongside Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump during a press confer... Omarosa Manigault (L) who was a contestant on the first season of Donald Trump's "The Apprentice" and is now an ordained minister, appears alongside Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump during a press conference November 30, 2015 that followed Trump's meeting with African-American religious leaders in New York. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS

August 16, 2018 3:18 p.m.

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President Donald Trump responded Thursday to former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman’s recording of her conversation with Lara Trump just days after Manigault Newman’s White House firing.

Along with the GOP’s video featuring clips of the former White House aide singing the President’s praises, Trump tweeted “thank you for the kind words Omarosa!” Thursday less than two hours after MSNBC aired Manigault Newman’s secretly recorded conversation.

Thank you for the kind words Omarosa! https://t.co/PMmNG6iIsi

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 16, 2018

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Summer Concepcion is a newswriter for TPM based in New York. She previously covered the 2016 election for Fusion, conducted investigative research for The Nation Institute, and has written for NBC Chicago and the Chicago Reader.

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firsttimecaller says:

August 16, 2018

Low energy response - sad!
atldrew says:

August 16, 2018

The “president” of the United States is playing a game of cutesy with a reality tv show personality.

OMFG.

Really.

FFS.
irasdad says:

August 16, 2018

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Brian Scott McFadden (bscottmcfadden)

It's adorable how Omarosa doesn't think she is still working for Donald Trump

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j.dave says:

August 16, 2018

Nursing notes, 8-16-18, 11:55 a.m.

“Pt. still fumbling simultaneously with TV remote, mobile phone, Diet Coke and box of Chicken McNuggets. Mumbling incoherently. Condition unchanged.”
thebigragu says:

August 16, 2018

What a nut!

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