President Donald Trump let loose on Ilhan Omar’s “Squad” on Monday, blaming them for the racist attacks that are taking place all over the United States.

The “Squad” is made up of Minnesota Rep. Omar as well as her fellow freshman Democratic congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley. Daily Mail reported that Trump lashed out at the women after he read a Washington Post article called “Trump’s lost summer,” which claimed that the president’s inflammatory speeches and controversies triggered racist attacks like mass shootings in the U.S.

“The Amazon Washington Post did a story that I brought racist attacks against the ‘Squad,'” Trump wrote. “No, they brought racist attacks against our Nation. All I do is call them out for the horrible things they have said. The Democrats have become the Party of the Squad!”

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This comes one week after Tlaib alleged that Trump was “scared” of her Squad.

“It’s been very clear to me, especially this last week, that he’s scared of us,” Tlaib said. “He’s afraid of women of color … because we’re not afraid of him and we’re not afraid to speak up and say that we have a white supremacist in the White House who has a hate agenda. He’s afraid because we have a real agenda for the American people.”

Meanwhile, Trump has seemed eager to paint The Squad as the new face of the Democratic Party.

““She and her [three] friends are the new face of the Democrat [sic] party,” Trump tweeted on August 20, referring to Tlaib. “Live with it!”

Sorry, I don’t buy Rep. Tlaib’s tears. I have watched her violence, craziness and, most importantly, WORDS, for far too long. Now tears? She hates Israel and all Jewish people. She is an anti-Semite. She and her 3 friends are the new face of the Democrat Party. Live with it!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2019

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has said that Trump’s latest tactic of painting the Squad as the face of the Democratic Party is an example of his strategic genius.

“It is useful to remember Trump doesn’t play tic-tac-toe. He plays chess, and he’s very often setting up a much deeper fight than you might think, looking at the surface,” Gingrich said in July, according to The Washington Examiner. He added that Trump wants to closely link The Squad’s socialist and anti-Israel policies with the Democratic Party.

“He wants the Democratic Party to identify with them,” Gingrich said. “I think the president is often inartful, but remarkably effective.”

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