WASHINGTON: Native American leaders accused President Donald Trump of insulting their heritage, after he dubbed a political rival ?Pocahontas? during a White House event intended to honor Navajo veterans.
Welcoming three aging ?code talkers,? Native Americans who helped keep allied operations secret during World War II, Trump threw etiquette out the window on Monday to attack Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren. ?You were here long before any of us were here,? Trump said to one of the group of veterans in the Oval Office Monday. ?Although we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago.
They call her Pocahontas,? he continued, resurrecting his favored nickname for the outspoken senator whose Native American ancestry has been called into question by US conservatives. Further fuelling controversy, Trump and the veterans stood during the ceremony beneath a portrait of controversial president Andrew Jackson ? who ordered the forced removal of Native Americans from their ancestral land, causing thousands to die. The White House denied after the meeting that Trump?s comment constituted a racial slur ? instead accusing Warren of ?lying? about her heritage, and describing that as ?very offensive.?
11-30-2017, 02:11 PM
Native Americans slam Trump ?Pocahontas? jibe
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