President Trump fires back at 'wacky' Omarosa, calls former aide 'vicious, but not smart'

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump blasted former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman on Monday, describing the onetime "Apprentice" star as "wacky" and "vicious, but not smart."

In a series of tweets hours after Manigault Newman revealed more recordings she had made inside the White House, Trump said he had given her a job in his administration last year after she "begged" him with "tears in her eyes."

In a tweet later Monday, he indicated Manigault Newman "already has a fully signed" nondisclosure agreement.Manigault Newman left the White House in January and is promoting a book about her experiences with Trump.

"Wacky Omarosa, who got fired 3 times on the Apprentice, now got fired for the last time. She never made it, never will," Trump wrote on Twitter. "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." Trump said he would "rarely see her" but heard "bad things."

"Nasty to people & would constantly miss meetings & work," the president wrote. Over the weekend, Trump called her a "low life" during a bikers rally with motorcycle-riding supporters in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Manigault Newman, whose tell-all book “Unhinged” is out Tuesday, revealed a second tape Monday in an interview on NBC’s "Today" that features Trump. Trump is heard telling Manigault Newman that "nobody even told me" about her firing, according to NBC.