Donald Trump has long said he would only hire the best people. Wasn’t that the whole point of his reality show “The Apprentice”? Only the best and brightest could pass muster in Trump, Inc.
Omarosa Manigault Newman was one of those who in two” Trumpworlds”. She was a contestant on the reality program and was later invited to work in the White House. She was fired from both jobs but it’s the latter she wrote about in a just published tell-all. She made her first appearance to talk about the book on “Meet The Press.”
WATCH: Omarosa Manigault Newman says she was "used by Donald Trump" and regrets that she was "complicit with this White House." #MTP@OMAROSA: "You don't know that you're in that situation until it just keeps bubbling and bubbling." pic.twitter.com/o5hnoFBcdq
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) August 12, 2018
Omarosa recorded many conversations inside the White House but most stunningly, she secretly recorded her termination in the situation room, an area in the basement designed for secure communications. That conversation was with White House Chief of staff John Kelly.
Omarosa needs a lawyer—she made a recording of the White House Chief of Staff in a classified area called a SCIF.
But someone needs to ask John Kelly: Why did you feel the need to have Omarosa’s exit conversation in a SCIF? Is it because said something you didn’t want recorded? https://t.co/75bw2RwbZF
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 12, 2018
For a guy whose fame is based in part on a TV show about hiring the right person, Trump seems to have hired a lot of the wrong people to work on his campaign and in his Administration
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) August 12, 2018