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Trump Vows to Test Warren DNA Himself If Senator Becomes 2020 Opponent

‘That will not be something I’ll enjoy doing, either’

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions Comptroller of the Currency Joseph M. Otting, during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Dirksen Building titled “Implementation of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act,” on October 2, 2018. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions Comptroller of the Currency Joseph M. Otting, during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Dirksen Building titled “Implementation of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act,” on October 2, 2018. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
By Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 15, 2018 at 5:30pm

President Donald Trump now says he wants to personally test the DNA of Sen. Elizabeth Warren if she becomes his Democratic opponent in 2020.

Trump said Monday that he does not owe $1 million to charity after the Democratic senator from Massachusetts’ DNA test results pointed to at least a sliver of Native American ancestry.

“She owes the country an apology,” said Trump, who quipped about the tiny percentage revealed by the DNA test during remarks at a briefing about damage from Hurricane Michael in Georgia.

“If she gets the nomination in the debate where I was going to have her tested,” Trump said. “I’ll only do it if I can test her personally, Ok? That will not be something I’ll enjoy doing, either.”

Watch: Trump Unimpressed By Warren Native American DNA Results

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