I helped to hide Donald Trump’s mental decline, says his sacked former adviser

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President Donald Trump with Omarasa Manigault Newman. Photo: Reuters

Julie Allen

A former aide to US President Donald Trump has revealed that she secretly recorded her sacking by John Kelly, the chief of staff, in the high-security White House situation room.

Omarosa Manigault Newman also claimed that Americans were being kept in the dark about their president's mental decline, saying: "I was complicit with the White House deceiving this nation."