Trump's tweet has been condemned as racist. His answer: no, it's the racists.

WASHINGTON – On Monday, President Trump intensified his attacks on four Democratic women members of Congress and warned the party to unite "around the rude language and racist hatred" of American women to whom he had recently confided. "return" in their own countries.

Instead of going back, Mr. Trump asked the four women of Congress, representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna S. Pressley of Massachusetts to apologize and the people of Israel. Ms. Omar is the only one born out of the United States.

"So many people are angry with them and their actions are horrible and disgusting!" He wrote.

Few Republicans responded to Mr. Trump's comments, widely regarded as racist. On Monday, South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham urged Trump to "aim higher" while calling on Ocasio-Cortez and the other three communist legislators.

"We all know that the AOC and this crowd are a bunch of communists," Graham told Fox News. "They hate Israel, they hate our own country." But he also rejected the president's suggestion that women are not American.

"They are American citizens," he said. "They won the elections. Take their policies. At the end of the day, it's a diverse country. Mr. Speaker, you are right about their policies. You are right to know where they will take the country. Just aim higher.

Mr. Trump seemed to agree with Mr. Graham, and he tweeted a longer quote of the senator's appearance on Fox News. "Do I need to say more?" Wrote the president.

[[[[Analysis: In modern times, no president has appealed to the resentments of white Americans as openly as President Trump.]

"When @realDonaldTrump asks four US Congress women to return home, he reiterates that his project "Make America Great Again" has always been to make America white again, "she said. Twitter post.

Tensions between Ms. Pelosi and the four Liberal representatives have been simmering for months, and last week the situation culminated when Ms. Pelosi unresolvedly declared that they had no congressional membership. The four lawmakers, who call themselves the "team", opposed a $ 4.6 billion border envelope approved by Congress because they supported Mr. M's immigration policy. Trump.

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez on Monday wrote on Twitter that Mr. Trump's language was common among white supremacists.

"Trump feels comfortable directing the GOP against total racism, and this should concern all Americans," she wrote.

Trump's attack on Twitter also eased tensions earlier this year when Omar sent criticism to his own party for criticizing Israel and hinted that Israel's supporters were demanding "allegiance to A strange country".