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Omarosa's White House recordings fuel Trump woes

President Donald Trump (L) has already branded Omarosa Manigault Newman (R, in focus) a "lowlife" after she released a recording of her firing by chief of staff John Kelly

President Donald Trump on Monday plunged himself into a made-for-TV spat with his former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman -- a mud-slinging match that has fuelled fears of chaos in his White House and cast doubt on his pledge to hire "only the best people."

Manigault Newman -- who first gained fame as a contestant on Trump's reality show "The Apprentice," and then secured a $180,000-a-year staff job at the White House -- released a recording of a private conversation she had with the president after she was fired.

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