President Donald Trump spoke again Tuesday on the white supremacist conflict in Charlottesville, Virginia, defending his much-criticized initial statement on the protests and offering an even stronger critique of demonstrators and the causes they fought for during the violent weekend gathering. “You have people who are very fine people on both sides,” Trump said. 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 argued. I want to know the facts.”Trump stayed silent until Saturday afternoon on the situation in Charlottesville, which began heating up with white supremacist marches Friday night. I think they do.”According to The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman, reporters at Trump Tower were told Trump wouldn’t be taking questions on Tuesday.

Source: Huffington Post August 15, 2017 20:16 UTC