Speculating on who might run for the presidential nomination in 2020, Trump brought up US Senator Elizabeth Warren and revived a derogatory nickname he adopted for her last yearn.

President Donald Trump has been slammed for using racist language after calling his Democratic rival - who has native American ancestry - "Pocahontas".

Speculating on who might run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, Trump brought up US Senator Elizabeth Warren and revived a derogatory nickname he adopted for her during his campaign.

“I have a feeling that in the next election, you’re going to be swamped with candidates, but you’re not going to be wasting your time,” said Trump, the first sitting president to address the National Rifle Association’s convention since Ronald Reagan.

“You’ll have plenty of those Democrats coming over and you’re going to say, 'No, sir. No, thank you. No, ma’am. Perhaps ‘ma’am.' It may be Pocahontas, remember that. And she is not big for the NRA, that I can tell you. But you came through for me, and I am going to come through for you.”n.

Pocahontas is a legendary Native American figure from the 1600s, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.

Trump mocked Warren repeatedly during the presidential campaign after she claimed she had Native American roots.ia.

And during remarks at the NRA this evening, the president took aim at the liberal senator once again.

“Pocahontas is not happy, she’s not happy. She’s the worst. You know, Pocahontas - I’m doing such a disservice to Pocahontas, it’s so unfair to Pocahontas - but this Elizabeth Warren, I call her goofy Elizabeth Warren, she’s one of the worst senators in the entire United States Senate,” Trump said last June.n.


President Donald Trump has been slammed for using racist language after calling his Democratic rival - who has native American ancestry - "Pocahontas".

Speculating on who might run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, Trump brought up US Senator Elizabeth Warren and revived a derogatory nickname he adopted for her during his campaign.

“I have a feeling that in the next election, you’re going to be swamped with candidates, but you’re not going to be wasting your time,” said Trump, the first sitting president to address the National Rifle Association’s convention since Ronald Reagan.

“You’ll have plenty of those Democrats coming over and you’re going to say, 'No, sir. No, thank you. No, ma’am. Perhaps ‘ma’am.' It may be Pocahontas, remember that. And she is not big for the NRA, that I can tell you. But you came through for me, and I am going to come through for you.”

Pocahontas is a legendary Native American figure from the 1600s, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.

Trump mocked Warren repeatedly during the presidential campaign after she claimed she had Native American roots.
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And during remarks at the NRA this evening, the president took aim at the liberal senator once again.

“Pocahontas is not happy, she’s not happy. She’s the worst. You know, Pocahontas - I’m doing such a disservice to Pocahontas, it’s so unfair to Pocahontas - but this Elizabeth Warren, I call her goofy Elizabeth Warren, she’s one of the worst senators in the entire United States Senate,” Trump said last June.

"I am very proud of my heritage," Warren said in 2012. "These are my family stories. This is what my brothers and I were told by my mom and my dad, my mammaw and my pappaw. This is our lives. And I'm very proud of it."e.

Social media quickly flooded with messages of outrage.

While some people said they found Trump's comments "funny", many said it was another example of his deep-rooted and "offensive" racism.e.

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