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President gave $16B in 2018 ALONE to Elijah Cummings's district in federal grants': Donald Trump's aide Lynne Patton asks what Baltimore has done with its financial help as POTUS' row with 'rat-infested' city escalates

Lynne Patton, a regional administrator with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, appeared on Fox News to defend the president

He was accused of racism over his tweets saying Baltimore was 'infested with rodents'

Trump has been engaged in a simmering feud with House Rep. Elijah Cummings, the Democrat who heads the House Oversight Committee

Earlier on Monday, Trump attacked the Rev. Al Sharpton in a tweet storm

'Al is a con man, a troublemaker, always looking for a score. Just doing his thing. Must have intimidated Comcast/NBC. Hates Whites & Cops!,' he tweeted

Sharpton was in Baltimore Monday to defend Rep. Elijah Cummings after the president spent the weekend attacking the congressman

Sharpton said Trump has a 'particular venom for blacks and people of color'

Meanwhile, Cummings released a report alleging Trump's inauguration committee chairman tried to benefit for pushing for a deal with Saudi Arabia.

By Ariel Zilber

An aide to President Trump said that the Baltimore region has squandered billions of dollars in federal grants given by the administration.

‘President Trump has given $16billion in 2018 alone to Elijah Cummings’ district in federal grants,’ Lynne Patton, a regional administrator with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, told Fox News on Monday.

‘We have given more money in homeless funds to Baltimore than the last administration’ as well as ‘community development grants,’ according to Patton.

She then took Cummings and the city leadership, including Mayor Bernard Young, to task, asking: ‘What are you actually doing with the money so that it benefits residents in the community for once instead of deep-pocket, crooked politicians?’