Speaking at a rally in Las Vegas, Donald has claimed that Elizabeth Warren believed she was an “Indian” because she had “high cheekbones”, again dubbing her “Pocahontas“ in a mocking reference to her previous claims that she was of Native American heritage.
Later, again referring to her as Pocahontas, he called Ms Warren “mean” after her performance in Wednesday’s Democratic primary debate in which she energetically confronted several of her rival presidential candidates.
Mr has previously been called racist by Native American leaders for calling Ms Warren Pocahontas and referring to native Americans as “Indians”, yet he keeps returning to it at campaign rallies.
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He has also been called out for twice making jokes on Twitter involving historical incidents of genocide against Native American people.
In February 2019, in a tweet about Ms Warren joining the presidential race, he signed off with “Welcome to the campaign TRAIL, Liz!” This was widely interpreted as a reference to the Trail of Tears, a series of forced government relocations of Native Americans in the 1830s that led to countless deaths.
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Trump with Piers Morgan in November 2010. Piers Morgan has long held that he and are good friends
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Trump appeared on Fox & Friends, his favourite show, in August 2011
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Trump was subject to a Comedy Central roast in 2011. He is pictured here being roasted by rapper Snoop Dogg
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Trump’s golf course in Aberdeen proved controversial in 2012 when he began lobbying the Scottish government against wind power in order that they wouldn’t install turbines off the shore by his new course
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He even gave eence to a Scottish parliamentary committee discouraging wind energy
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He still found time for a round of course
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On 16 June 2015, announced that he would run for the presidency of the United States in the 2016 election as a Republican
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His campaign was divisive, courting controversy wherever he went. Ultimately he was declared the Republican candidate in June 2016
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Trump took part in the TV debate against opponent Hillary Clinton on 9 October
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Trump and wife Melania vote in the presidential election on 8 November 2016
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Hillary Clinton conceded defeat at 2:50am on 9 November and president-elect swiftly delivered his victory speech to a crowd of supporters
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News coverage around the world focused on the huge political upset that’s victory spelled
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Trump met with president Obama to discusss transition planning on 10 November.
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Donald and Nigel Farage pose in the golden elevator at Tower on 12 November 2016. Farage was the first British politician to meet with after the election
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Trump was welcomed to the UK by the Queen and a state banquet was held at Buckingham Palace in his honour
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His son, Donald Jr even responded on Instagram with a post using the word “savage” — described at the time as either “shockingly tone deaf — or a chilling deliberate choice.”
Just a month before that, the president, in another tweet aimed at Ms Warren, referred to Wounded Knee in South Dakota, the site of the 1890 massacre of hundreds of unarmed Native Americans by American troops.
For her part, Ms Warren was criticised for referring to her Native American heritage. A DNA test showed that she had Native American ancestry, but a spokesperson for the Cherokee Nation said that being a tribal citizen is “rooted in centuries of culture and laws, not through DNA.”
Ms Warren has apologised to the Cherokee Nation.
In December, 2019, Mr signed three pieces of legislation that positively affect Native Americans. The three bills include compensation to the Spokane tribe for the loss of their lands in the mid-1900s; reauthorisation of funding for Native language programmes; and federal recognition of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana.
In a statement the president said: “We remain committed to preserving and protecting Native American cultures, languages, and history, while ensuring prosperity and opportunity for all Native Americans.”
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