President Trump certainly hasn't been a stranger to racialized tension, having recently replied "Make America Great Again" in response to criticism regarding his attacks on African-Americans.

This time, the target is Native Americans.

According to The Cut, Trump spoke recently at an event celebrating World War II's Native American code talkers and in his remarks decided to use the event as a chance to attack a political rival by using an offensive term: Pocahontas.

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“You were here long before any of us were here. Although we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago. They call her Pocahontas," said Trump in front of two Native American heroes. 

What one can only suppose was the president's attempt at a joke was followed by an awkward dead silence. 

The representative in question is Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); Trump has been known to use that name to refer to her. When running for senator in 2012, Warren's Republican opponent cast doubts on her claims of having Cherokee and Delaware ancestry. Warren's version of her ancestry has never entirely been cleared up, although The Atlantic reports that an old newsletter that seems to support the senator's claims has been found.

In a a statement to MSNBC, Warren said, “It is deeply unfortunate that the president of the United States cannot even make it though a ceremony honoring these heroes without having to throw out a racial slur."

Watch the ridiculous video below! 

The president of the Navajo Nation released a statement that said he didn't want to engage with the president of the United States about the slur, but instead wanted to focus on "our Code Talkers that ensured the freedom of the United States."

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