--- title: Trump Calls Omarosa 'Dog' As He Denies Using Racist Language description: President Donald Trump called former White House official Omarosa Manigault-Newman "that dog" while denying he used the N-word. canonical: https://time.com/5366479/trump-omarosa-dog/ author: Alex Fitzpatrick article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-14T11:55:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T21:08:24.557Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Calls Omarosa 'That Dog' As He Denies Using N-Word og:description: The attack will complicate his efforts to deny using racist language og:url: https://time.com/5366479/trump-omarosa-dog/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c8f6d328ad5c421/698937b0bc6cfc30e83e6b04/trump-omarosa-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3019 og:image:height: 1698 og:image:alt: Trump Omarosa Dog og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Calls Omarosa 'That Dog' As He Denies Using N-Word twitter:description: The attack will complicate his efforts to deny using racist language twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c8f6d328ad5c421/698937b0bc6cfc30e83e6b04/trump-omarosa-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Calls Omarosa 'That Dog' As He Denies Using the N-Word > Sponsored content. 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U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions about the 2016 U.S Election collusion during a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin after their summit on July 16, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland.Chris McGrath—Getty Images  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Aug 14, 2018 11:55 AM UTC President Donald Trump continued his attack on former White House official Omarosa Manigault-Newman Tuesday, calling her a “crazed, crying lowlife” and referring to her as “that dog.” “When you give a crazed, crying lowlife a break, and give her a job at the White House, I guess it just didn’t work out,” Trump tweeted Tuesday. “Good work by General Kelly for quickly firing that dog!” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1029329583672307712) Trump’s attacks began after Omarosa revealed that [she secretly recorded](http://time.com/5365352/omarosa-white-house-trump-corruption/) Trump’s Chief of Staff, Gen. John Kelly, as Kelly fired her in the Situation Room this past January. Omarosa, who’s been appearing in the media recently to promote her new book, _Unhinged_, has also claimed there exists a tape on which Trump is heard using the N-word during his time on NBC’s _The Apprentice._ Trump has denied using the term. “I don’t have that word in my vocabulary, and never have,” Trump tweeted Monday night. “She made it up.” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1029183344397955074) Trump has [criticized other people](https://newrepublic.com/minutes/126063/trumps-favorite-insult-call-someone-mans-best-friend) as “dogs” or “like a dog” in the past. 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