Trump rants against the claim he used a racial slur on the set of “The Apprentice”

Attacks “wacky” Omarosa, who says a member of the production staff has a recording of Trump being racist No Images? Click here   By Paul Vale     Tuesday, August 14  TRUMP: ‘NO TAPES!’ President Donald Trump has attacked fired White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman, denying her claim that there are tapes of him using a racial slur on the set of “The Apprentice.” Omarosa told at least three longtime Trump aides that Troy McClain, a former contestant on the reality TV show, played a tape for her in the White House that included the president saying a racial epithet. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook] TRUMP REFUSES TO MENTION MCCAIN AT BILL SIGNING Trump signed a defense bill Monday named after Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) — and failed to mention the terminally ill war veteran once during his 20-minute speech. 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