"Bessent said the president and his administration have taken plenty of criticism from American Peronists like Warren, referring to former Argentine President Juan Peron, who characterized his ideology as a national form of socialism. That's a compliment, Trump jumped in to mention, after Bessent said Warren has been critical. His quip drew some laughs from the room, which included Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio."
"She has no idea what she's doing, Trump continued. She's a nasty, horrible senator. He then joked, Other than that, I like her very much. Bessent then mentioned Warren's protege, New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani. I don't even think he's a Peronist. he's more the Bessent said. Communist, Trump added succinctly. Warren has campaigned for Mamdani, who identifies as a Democratic Socialist and has campaigned on ideas like freezing the rent and free bus rides."
"If a socialist, or in the case of New York City, a communist, wins, you feel a lot differently about making an investment, Trump said. And the president, of course, has made fun of Warren in the past for exaggerating her Native American heritage, dubbing her Pocahontas. Warren, last month, criticized Trump after the killing of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, saying if the country wants to tone down political rhetoric, it will have to start with the president."
President Trump mocked Sen. Elizabeth Warren during a televised White House meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mentioned Warren. Trump called Warren "a nasty woman" who "has no idea what she's doing," joked that he otherwise likes her, and elicited laughter from attendees including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Bessent referenced criticism from American Peronists by likening Warren to Juan Perón's national socialism. The exchange included comments about Warren's protege Zohran Mamdani, whom Trump labeled a communist and warned socialists would deter investors. The president has previously mocked Warren's Native American heritage as "Pocahontas."
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