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In an bizarre White House press conference following the midterm elections on Wednesday, Trump denied using racist terms to refer to Lil Jon.

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When Yahoo News reporter Hunter Walker asked the president about allegations of using racist terms — Omarosa says Trump used a racial slur, and rapper Lil Jon says Trump once called him "Uncle Tom" — he deflected.

"I don't know who Little Jon is," Trump waved off the question. "I really don't."

Here's a video of the exchange.

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When Walker reminds Trump that Lil Jon was on The Apprentice, the president continued denying knowing him.

"I don't know," Trump said. "Oh, he was? OK. Oh, I see."

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He continued his denial after Walker asked if he'd ever "made racist remarks."

"No, no, I would never do that, and I don't use racist remarks, and you know what, if I did, you people, you would have known about it. I've been hearing there are tapes for years and years, there are tapes. Number one, I never worried about it because I never did. I never used racist remarks. I have never used racist remarks."

Except, Trump has definitely met Lil Jon, multiple times.

Here's a photo of the two on the red carpet for Celebrity Apprentice.

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And here they are in 2011, playing charades on Jimmy Fallon.

Trump and Lil Jon play charades. Credit: NBC via Getty Images Trump and Lil Jon play charades. Credit: NBC via Getty Images

In 2013, Trump even tweeted about how Lil Jon was the "best celeb apprentice yet!"

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Allegations of Trump's racist remarks toward Lil Jon surfaced in 2016, just before the presidential election. According to the Daily Beast, the then-Apprentice host continued to call the rapper "Uncle Tom" even after several producers asked him to stop.

Several staffers said Trump couldn't seem to understand that the phrase, a derogatory term for a Black person who's subservient to white people, is still deeply offensive.

Mariah Carey's iconic "I don't know her" is a lot more reassuring when it's not the leader of the free world trying to pull the same stunt.

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