TMZ: Donald Trump to Omarosa, I Had No Clue You Were Fired!!!

President Trump either didn'tknow his Chief of Staff fired Omarosa or he played dumb ... this according tonewly-released audio in which Trump tells her he had no idea she got the ax.

You hear Trump faintly express regret as Omarosa explains GeneralJohn Kellygave the Counselor to the President her walking papers the day before.Omarosa alsosecretly recordedher conversation with Kelly, who would not say if Trump knew he was firing her.

She told TMZ on Saturday ... she believed Trump was a racist who was trying tostart a race war. Omarosa says she heard an audio of an outtake of "The Apprentice" in which Trumpallegedly usedthe n-word.

The White House has lashed out at Omarosa, saying she's a liar and a disgruntled former employee.