Omarosa Claims There Are Tapes Of Trump Using ‘N Word,’ Other Racist Slurs

White House Director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison Omarosa Manigault stands with the of leaders of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at signaling his commitment to historically black colleges and universities, saying that those schools will be "an absolute priority for this White House."(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
White House Director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison Omarosa Manigault stands with the of leaders of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) outside the West Wing of the White House in ... White House Director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison Omarosa Manigault stands with the of leaders of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at signaling his commitment to historically black colleges and universities, saying that those schools will be "an absolute priority for this White House."(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) MORE LESS
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Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman claims that there are tapes from President Donald Trump’s years on “The Apprentice” that capture him using the “N-word,” which, by her account, is not an unusual practice for him, according to a Friday Guardian report.

Manigault Newman said she did not personally hear Trump use the racial slur, but heard about its use from three unnamed sources.

Manigault Newman said that she heard Trump use slurs within the White House as well, spitting derogatory terms about Filipinos when discussing Kellyanne Conway’s half-Filipino husband, George.

The revelations come from her upcoming memoir, “UNHINGED.” She writes: “It had finally sunk in that the person I’d thought I’d known so well for so long was actually a racist. Using the N-word was not just the way he talks but, more disturbing, it was how he thought of me and African Americans as a whole.”

Per the Guardian, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the company that owns the rights to the tapes from the Apprentice, has declined to release them, citing “various contractual and legal requirements.”

Manigault Newman also describes what she perceived to be Trump’s racially motivated hatred of President Barack Obama, and his indignation when she told him she was traveling to Haiti — Trump reportedly asked why she would choose such a “shitty” country for her first foreign trip, saying she should have chosen Scotland to play at his golf course there instead. It wouldn’t be the only time he’s referred to Haiti like that. 

Some at the White House have discounted her credibility, since she left on bad terms with the administration. However, this is the second time Manigault Newman has claimed to have tapes that back up her statements, as she said Wednesday that she has recordings of Trump post his ascendance to the presidency.

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  1. This is such a BS story. Tapes? Ok. Let’s hear them. Until we hear them, they don’t exist.

    Anonymous sources. Tapes. The Steele dossier. God this gets old.

  2. She is talking about the “Apprentice Tapes” I think, old news…

    Her new contribution is about KAC’s husband,

    She also claims that she personally witnessed Trump use racial epithets about the White House counselor Kellyanne Conway’s husband George Conway, who is half Filipino. “Would you look at this George Conway article?” she quotes the president as saying. “F**ing FLIP! Disloyal! Fucking Goo-goo.”

    Both flip and goo-goo are terms of racial abuse for Filipinos.

    I wonder, if that was said in the presence of KAC ?

  3. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    Omarosa is, to say the least, not the most reliable of eyewitnesses, but this is unfortunately all too believable. And if there are tapes, I hope they will be produced.

  4. Avatar for j.dave j.dave says:

    Two predictions.

    1. He will claim he said “MAGA.”

    2. His approval ratings with the deploratariat will go up.

  5. “It had finally sunk in that the person I’d thought I’d known so well for so long was actually a racist. Using the N-word was not just the way he talks but, more disturbing, it was how he thought of me and African Americans as a whole.”

    A bit slow on the uptake?

    (Or just happy to look the other way, so long as it shoved cash into her pockets?)

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