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Against the backdrop of a government shutdown and withdrawal from Syria, President Trump still found time to engage in his favorite, least presidential hobby: insulting political rival and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren.<\/p>\n
Responding to an Instagram Live video posted by Warren two weeks ago, Trump suggested that the video would have been a \u201csmash\u201d<\/em> if Warren \u201cdid this commercial from Bighorn or Wounded Knee instead of her kitchen, with her husband dressed in full Indian garb.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n If Elizabeth Warren, often referred to by me as Pocahontas, did this commercial from Bighorn or Wounded Knee instead of her kitchen, with her husband dressed in full Indian garb, it would have been a smash! pic.twitter.com\/D5KWr8EPan<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n The video, which featured a stiff-limbed Warren drinking a beer in her kitchen, seemingly attempted to ape the popularity of similar \u2018slice of life\u2019 videos from Democratic hotshots like Beto O\u2019Rourke and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. However, just like her earlier attempt to prove her Native American heritage, the plan backfired and Warren was mocked for trying to appear like \u2018one of us.\u2019<\/p>\n Trump piled on the insults. \u201cBest line in the Elizabeth Warren beer catastrophe is, to her husband, \u2018Thank you for being here. I\u2019m glad you\u2019re here\u2019 It\u2019s their house, he\u2019s supposed to be there!\u201d<\/em> Trump jibed.<\/p>\n Best line in the Elizabeth Warren beer catastrophe is, to her husband, \u201cThank you for being here. I\u2019m glad you\u2019re here\u201d It\u2019s their house, he\u2019s supposed to be there!<\/p>\n \u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n The reaction to Trump\u2019s tweets, as usual, depended on whatever side of the culture war you asked. Trump\u2019s reference to Wounded Knee \u2013 where the US 7th Cavalry slaughtered between 150 and 300 Indians on a South Dakota reservation in 1890 \u2013 was called \u201cracist and gross\u201d<\/em> by the anti-Trump crowd.<\/p>\n Your racist tweet is a disgrace, and it dishonors the high office you hold.<\/p>\n \u2014 Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) January 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Meanwhile, Trump\u2019s supporters joined in the mockery.<\/p>\n Elizabeth Warren wears the headdress in that relationship!<\/p>\n \u2014 Jacob Wohl (@JacobAWohl) January 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Warren has often spoken of her family\u2019s supposed Indian heritage, and Trump has often ridiculed her claims, dubbing the New England Democrat \u201cPocahontas.\u201d<\/em> Warren publicly revealed the results of a DNA test in October, which proved she was around 1\/1,024th Native American. Rather than silencing the critics, the test resulted in further ridicule<\/a> from Trump and even condemnation<\/a> from the Cherokee Nation, among others.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s latest barbs represent a break from his recent stream of Twitter content, which has focused on his withdrawal of troops from Syria, drumming up support for a wall along the Mexican border, and castigating congressional Democrats for refusing to fund such an endeavor. They also come after Warren rang in the New Year by announcing she had set up an \u201cexploratory committee\u201d<\/em> to consider a run for the presidency in 2020.<\/p>\n Warren has been touted as a potential 2020 candidate since 2016, and polled<\/a> fifth in the crowded field of Democratic hopefuls recently. Trump, however, has laughed off the idea of a challenge from Warren next year.<\/p>\n \u201cDo you really think she believes she can win?\u201d<\/em> Fox News\u2019 Pete Hegseth asked Trump in an interview on New Year\u2019s Eve. \u201cWell, that I don\u2019t know,\u201d<\/em> Trump replied. \u201cYou\u2019d have to ask her psychiatrist.\u201d<\/em> Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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