President Trump on Monday referred to Sen. Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth Ann WarrenTop CFPB lawyer sides with Trump over Mulvaney appointment Warren goes off on Trump over CFPB defense Trump defends decision to appoint consumer bureau chief MORE (D-Mass.)
as “Pocahontas” at an event honoring Native American Code Talkers who served in World War II.
"You were here long before any of us were here,” Trump said, standing beneath a portrait of former President Andrew Jackson.
Turning to the veterans, Trump said "but do you know what?
Trump has repeatedly used the derisive nickname to refer to Warren, poking fun at her claim of Native American heritage.
“This was supposed to be an event to honor heroes, people who put it all on the line for our country,” Warren said later on MSNBC.
Trump during the event also referred to White House chief of staff John Kelly John Francis KellyMORE as “chief.”. »