The man who came to international fame for saying, “You’re fired!” hasn’t been able to accomplish that task as the most powerful person in the world.
Monday morning NBC News aired audio provided by Omarosa Manigault-Newman of a telephone call between her and President Donald Trump, the day after White House Chief of Staff John Kelly fired her in 2017.
“Omarosa? Omarosa what’s going on? I just saw on the news that you’re thinking about leaving? What happened?” Trump says in the recording.
“General Kelly—General Kelly came to me and said that you guys wanted me to leave,” Omarosa replies.
“No…I, I, Nobody even told me about it,” Trump claims.
“Wow,” Omarosa, aware she is recording the conversation, says.
“You know they run a big operation, but I didn’t know it,” Trump continues, claiming he was unaware of her firing. “I didn’t know that. Goddamn it. I don’t love you leaving at all.”
Newman seems to have accepted Trump’s claim that he was unaware of her firing, ignoring the fact that he could just tell Kelly to rescind the decision.
“He doesn’t even know what’s happening in his White House,” Newman told NBC News. “He’s being puppeted.”
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