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President Donald Trump defended his initial statement on the white supremacist conflict in Charlottesville, Virginia, blasted protesters “on both sides” and argued against taking down Confederate statues on Tuesday.
During remarks at Trump Tower, the president put blame on all protesters who were present in Charlottesville.
“You had a group on one side who was bad, and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent, and nobody wants to say that, but I’ll say it right now,” Trump said, referring to white supremacists, anti-fascists known as “antifa” and counterprotesters who converged in Charlottesville over the weekend. “You had a group on the other side that came charging in without a permit, and they were very, very violent.”
Donald Trump Defends Initial Statement On Charlottesville
Paul Manafort Sought $850 Million Deal With Putin Ally and Alleged Gangster
That’s according a 2008 memo written by Rick Gates, Manafort’s business partner and fellow alumnus of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. In it, Gates enthused about finalizing with the financing necessary to acquire New York’s louche Drake Hotel.
Trump attacks CEO 'grandstanders' who quit his manufacturing council
President Donald Trump issued a sharp warning Tuesday to American CEOs who sit on his manufacturing council: You’re not irreplaceable.
“For every CEO that drops out of the Manufacturing Council, I have many to take their place,” Trump boasted in a tweet Tuesday morning. “Grandstanders should not have gone on. JOBS!”
Conservative National Review: Fire Steve Bannon
For those who’ve forgotten one of the worst elements of the 2016 election, a short refresher is in order. Almost from the moment that Donald Trump descended on the lobby of Trump Tower to make his campaign announcement, an army of online trolls leapt to his defense. They cheered his denunciation of Mexicans as “rapists,” they relished his attacks on so-called globalism, and heaven help anyone who dared attack their populist hero.
I’m speaking, of course, about the alt-right, that motley crew of white nationalists, neo-Confederates, and outright Nazis who share a common belief that culture is inseparable from ethnicity. To these folks, Western civilization cannot exist unless it is a white civilization.
Campaign staffer tried to set up meetings with Trump and Russian officials, including Putin: Report
A low-level foreign policy aide for the Trump campaign tried to set up a meeting between the campaign and Russian leadership, including President Vladimir Putin.
The Washington Post says the adviser, George Papadopoulos, sent an email in March 2016 to seven campaign officials with the subject line: "Meeting with Russian Leadership - Including Putin."
Trump: I'm 'seriously considering' pardoning Joe Arpaio
President Donald Trump said Joe Arpaio, the recently convicted former sheriff of Maricopa County, could receive the first presidential pardon of his administration.
“I am seriously considering a pardon for Sheriff Arpaio,” Trump told Fox News on Sunday. “He has done a lot in the fight against illegal immigration. He’s a great American patriot, and I hate to see what has happened to him.”
Arpaio, who was found in contempt of court late July for continuing racial profiling practices, said last week that he would accept a pardon from Trump, though he did not know at the time whether the president knew about his legal tangle. The 85-year-old faces up to six months behind bars.
Democratic attorneys escalate legal fight against Trump
The Trump resistance movement cheered when Democratic attorneys general in several states sued to block the president's plan to bar travelers from some Muslim majority countries.
But with far less fanfare in the months since, an emboldened coalition of Democratic state attorneys general has unleashed a torrent of lower-profile litigation they argue is necessary to protect public health, the environment and consumers from a Republican White House.
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