Donald Trump has claimed he kept a former White House aide on staff because she said "great things" about him - despite the fact she failed to do her job

The US president said Omarosa Manigault Newman was "hated" by other White House staff and would "constantly miss" work and meetings.

Mr Trump said he directed his chief of staff, John Kelly, to try to smooth things over with her "because she only said GREAT things about me - until she got fired!" he wrote in a series tweets on Monday.

The comments come after Ms Manigault Newman, once the US president's most senior African American aide, claimed Mr Trump used racial slurs and was not in control of staffing decisions.