I didn't know much about Manigault Newman going in, just that she'd worked in the Trump administration. I didn't know that she was a reality star, having appeared in three seasons of The Apprentice, including the first and a celebrity edition. She got to know--and admire--Trump during The Apprentice and was connected with him off and on until 2017 when Chief of Staff John Kelly fired her. Note that everything I report here is based on Manigault Newman's book. I don't know if things she wrote are spin or alternative facts or what. 

Manigault Newman admits that she was in the Trump cult and only during his presidency did she finally start to see that he is a narcissist who is completely devoid of empathy. She alternates between that point of view and believing that Trump's behaviors were because of a medical condition. 

She's shocked to learn that Trump is racist, and that there was an N-word tape from her Apprentice days, that had to have referred to her and/or the other Black competitor on the show Kwame Jackson. It's a lot of the same too-little-too-late revelations that other Trump administration alums have shared, but still a compelling enough memoir. I listened to the book, which Manigault Newman narrated herself, and she's got a nice voice. Her Trump impersonation isn't good, but her Kellyanne Conway isn't bad. 

I don't know why I'm so into Trump narratives. I think his presidency was just so bizarre that I want to understand it. How did America get here?!?