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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 05:50 AM Oct 2017

How Omarosa Became the Most Despised Person in the Trump White House

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-omarosa-became-the-most-despised-person-in-the-trump-white-house

A penchant for self-aggrandizement, a direct line to Trump, and perpetual internal distractions do not a beloved colleague make. Who knew!?

Omarosa Manigault made her name as one of reality TV’s most notorious and hated personalities: the breakout star on season one of Donald Trump’s NBC series The Apprentice.

Thirteen-years later, she is in the White House, not on a makeshift television set. But she’s still trying to win Trump’s favor and she still has the same villainous image she earned on NBC.

According to four sources in and outside the West Wing, the longtime Trump confidant is isolated inside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue as she quietly plots against her fellow senior officials. Colleagues regularly complain about Manigault’s behavior and work ethic. She frequently derails internal meetings with irrelevant or counterproductive interjections and she’s earned a reputation for attempting to micromanage White House communications operations.

White House chief of staff John Kelly has tried to curtail Manigault’s direct access to the president, as The Daily Beast reported earlier this month. But her continued proximity to Trump—he speaks with her over the phone, even in the middle of the night—underscores just how thorny her tenure has been for those tasked with managing the administration.



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How Omarosa Became the Most Despised Person in the Trump White House (Original Post) mfcorey1 Oct 2017 OP
Wasn't she Michael Clarke Duncan's partner when he died? spiderpig Oct 2017 #1
yes, but Duncan's family doesn't like her and even wanted her investigated after he died JI7 Oct 2017 #2
More info on that topic mfcorey1 Oct 2017 #4
Thanks for that. spiderpig Oct 2017 #7
Ohhh in the White House...outside the White House I despise someone much much more dembotoz Oct 2017 #3
cesspool Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #5
'Most Despised'? Raine1967 Oct 2017 #6

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
1. Wasn't she Michael Clarke Duncan's partner when he died?
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 05:56 AM
Oct 2017

He seemed like such a benevolent person, and I was shocked that he had a relationship with somebody so generally regarded as nastiness personified.

JI7

(89,264 posts)
2. yes, but Duncan's family doesn't like her and even wanted her investigated after he died
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 06:03 AM
Oct 2017

said she was not engaged to him as she claimed.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
7. Thanks for that.
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 08:15 AM
Oct 2017

The Green Mile was one of those films I could never rewatch because the first viewing left me a blubbery mess of tears.

And I can cheerily sit through Zombie Apocalypse and interplanetary destruction.

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