WASHINGTON, D.C.: United States President Donald Trump on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) denigrated a majority-black district represented by a congressional nemesis as a “disgusting, rat-and rodent-infested mess,” broadening a campaign against prominent critics of his administration that has exacerbated racial tensions.

Trump lashed out in tweets against Rep. Elijah Cummings, the powerful House Oversight Committee chairman, claiming his Baltimore-area district was “considered the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the United States.”

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