Bangladesh, July 22 -- Berkeley Heights, July 21 (AP/UNB) - A top White House adviser on Sunday claimed there was a "huge difference" between Donald Trump's criticisms of America during the 2016 presidential campaign and the critiques by four Democratic congresswomen of color with whom Trump is feuding over the direction of the country.

Trump's words, according to Stephen Miller, were part of a political campaign to put America first and were not intended to sow discord, while the first-term lawmakers are bent on expressing "anti-American sentiment."

Miller, during a television interview, was shown several video clips of then-candidate Trump lambasting the United States, calling Barack Obama "the most ignorant president in our history" ...