https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/us/politics/trump-charlottesville-protest.html
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump bowed on Monday to overwhelming pressure that he personally condemn white supremacists who incited bloody demonstrations in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend, labeling their racists views “evil” after two days of equivocal statements.
“Racism is evil,” said Mr. Trump, delivering a statement from the White House at a hastily arranged appearance meant to halt the growing political threat posed by the situation. “And those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the K.K.K., neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans.”
It took him two days to come up with that. In the meantime:
This milquetoast half-condemnation isn’t going to cut it. I’ve seen people saying “he doesn’t mean it, he was pressured by the media,” and there needs to be no room for this kind of doubt.
But Trump’s never going to say what needs to be said, because even if he doesn’t support the alt-right, he definitely has no problem with their support of him.