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President Donald Trump's feud with Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts resumed in October 2018 after Trump falsely denied offering a challenge to Warren's claim that she had Native American ancestry. On 14 October 2018, the Massachusetts lawmaker released to the Boston Globe a report of a DNA test showing that, contrary to remarks by the president and other conservatives, Warren did indeed have an unadmixed Native American ancestor. According to Stanford University Carlos D. Bustamante, who conducted the test, Warren's ancestor was part of her family tree in the range of 6-10 generations ago. Warren has claimed that her great-great-great-grandmother, O.C. Sarah Smith, also had Native American heritage. On 5 July 2018, Trump -- who has slurred Warren for years by calling her Pocahontas -- said that if he were to debate her, he would bring a little kit for her to provide proof of her heritage: But when asked about the pledge in light of Warren's revelation, the president first dismissed it, then denied ever having made his $1 million offer. Who cares? he said. I didn't say that. You'd better read it again: Warren responded via Twitter, calling on Trump to make his donation to the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center: In a follow-up tweet, Warren explained: Trump asserted, in reaction to the story, that his offer was a future conditional one that only applied if Warren won the Democratic nomination, he debated her, and he could test her personally:
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