Eric Trump: ABC's Parent Company Disney Profits From 'Pocahontas'

President Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump, defended his father on Tuesday, writing on Twitter about the "irony" that a reporter for ABC News described his father's use of "Pocahontas" as offensive.

Trump frequently calls Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., "Pocahontas" in reference to her Native American heritage. He did so most recently at a White House event honoring Navajo code talkers, by a portrait of President Andrew Jackson, who signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

The irony of an ABC reporter (whose parent company Disney has profited nearly half a billion dollars on the movie "Pocahontas") inferring that the name is "offensive" is truly staggering to me.

— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) November 28, 2017

Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye released a statement calling the president's remark an example of "cultural insensitivity," saying that "all tribal nations still battle insensitive references to our people. The prejudice that Native American people face is an unfortunate historical legacy," according to The Boston Globe.

Users on Twitter were quick to point out the difference between using the name "Pocahontas" as the title of a movie based on the life of Pocahontas, and using the name in a derogatory manner.

Okay, now lets break down the ABC reporter/ Disney thing.

Using the word "Pocahontas" as the title of a movie about, "Pocahontas" is not offensive. It would be weird if they called the movie something else. That's kind of how history works. You don't get to make up names. 3/

— Frederick Douglass (@gettinnoticedmo) November 28, 2017

Now, when your dad used "Pocahontas," he wasn't actually talking about Pocahontas. He was talking about Elizabeth Warren. That's how it becomes offensive. Does this make sense to you? Maybe you need examples? 4/

— Frederick Douglass (@gettinnoticedmo) November 28, 2017

Ummm, bright eyes, that movie was about celebrating the actual person Pocahontas. Your father using it as a term of derision for a Dem senator in front of heroes is what is offensive.

— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) November 28, 2017

Because that movie was about the actual Pocahontas, and portrayed her in a positive light. Much different than using it as a means to degrade a current political opponent, in front of actual live Native Americans.

— Brian Chovanec (@Brian_Chovanec) November 28, 2017

here's the thing, E. the film Pocahontas is about a real person named Pocahontas. Senator Warren is not Pocahontas.
would you like it if someone called you Hitler since you're a white guy with german heritage?

— marisa kabas (@MarisaKabas) November 28, 2017

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