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President Trump on Monday insisted there was “no racial tension” in the US, just hours after he continued his attacks on four radical freshman Democratic congresswomen — calling them “very Racist” and “not very smart.”

“No, no racial tension. No, there’s no racial tension,” Trump answered during a White House sit-down with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, when asked about the four — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley, all women of color.

“I think they’re really bad for our country. They must hate our country. The four congressmen we’re talking about, the congresswomen what they have said about Israel, what they have said about our country … and you hear all this, it’s not what our country is all about,” said Trump, adding that the four were pulling their party far to the left.

“I think they’re very bad for the Democrat Party. I think you see that, and they’re pulling the Democrats way left. Nobody knows how to handle them. I feel they’re easy to handle. To me they’re easy to handle because they’re just out there,” Trump continued.

It was the ninth day in a row that Trump has singled out the four, known as “the Squad,” tweeting, “The ‘Squad’ is a very Racist group of troublemakers who are young, inexperienced, and not very smart. They are pulling the once great Democrat Party far left, and were against humanitarian aid at the Border…And are now against ICE and Homeland Security. So bad for our Country!”

He then touted his recent polling and low unemployment numbers among African Americans, and declared that that’s what black voters care about.

“Look, I had my best numbers recently, and it’s because of the economy and what I’ve done for the African-Americans. Look at the poverty numbers. Look at so many different — look at the unemployment numbers, the best they have ever had. No. We have fantastic relationships with the African-American community. I think you’ll see that in 2020,” he said.

Democrats and a handful of Republicans charged that the commander-in-chief’s remarks — along with “Send her back!” chants at his rally in North Carolina on Wednesday — were stoking racial animus in the US.

Team Trump denied there was any racial motive for the president’s focus on the four.

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