It was important for me to join the White House because as I looked around Trump's inner circle and campaign, there were not a lot of African-Americans, particularly African-American women, uniquely positioned to serve as a member of the senior staff, to serve as an assistant to the president.

I met Donald Trump in 2003 on a reality show. Could you ever imagine then that we would end up in the White House together?

I need to point out that African-Americans are not a monolith and do not operate in groupthink.

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