Trump’s reaction to Charlottesville offends even his own party
New York — US President Donald Trump found himself in the eye of a political storm on Wednesday after his stunning remarks on the unrest in Charlottesville, which sparked unease even within his own camp and which could be a turning point in his already chaotic presidency. About 200 days into his term, the US leader crossed a red line in saying there was "blame on both sides" for the melee, which began when a rally by white supremacists over the removal of a Confederate statue turned violent, as they clashed with counter-protesters. The violent fracas in the Virginia college town ended in tragedy when a 20-year-old suspected Nazi sympathizer, James Fields, ploughed his car into a crowd of anti-racism protesters, leaving one woman — counter-protestor Heather Heyer — dead and 19 others injured. Trump’s defiant statements, delivered in a caustic way at Trump Tower and immediately hailed by a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) for their "courage," left many lawmakers, Republicans an...
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