What to do when you are truly trumped
Stung at having to make a public reversal, the US president turned to Twitter to express his true feelings
On Monday, US President Donald Trump denounced neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). "Racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans. We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence," he said. This is fine, except for one thing. Two days before he had made no such denunciation, preferring instead to describe violence in Charlottesville after a white supremacist gathering as the result of indiscretions "on many sides, on many sides". The code was clear to all: Trump was not going to trample on the right-wing folks who stood behind him when he wrested middle America from the political establishment to win the election. He made no mention of the alt-right thugs who had instigated the conflict. So egregious was his failure to condemn the extreme right that pharmaceutical comp...
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