President Donald
Trump on Tuesday
clashed with
reporters over his
response to the
Charlottesville,
Virginia attack,
during an
extraordinary
press conf
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday clashed with reporters over his response to the Charlottesville, Virginia attack, during an extraordinary press conference at Trump Tower.
In addition to equating Neo-Nazis with what he described as the “alt-left,†Trump once again blamed “both sides†for a violent outbreak that resulted in the death of a 32-year old counter-protester and he demanded to know whether members of the media “like†George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
Trump insisted he “didn’t wait long†to make a statement condemning white nationalism, arguing he “wanted to make sure, unlike most politicians, that what I said was correct, not make a quick statement.â€
“The statement I made on Saturday, the first statement, was a fine statement but you don’t make statements that direct unless you know the facts,†Trump said. “It takes a little while to get the facts. You still don’t know the facts. It is a very, very important process to me. So I don’t want to go quickly and j...
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