And no one is more critical to the alt-right movement than Spencer, its carefully crafted public face. "Richard Spencer," says a Huffington Post editorial, is "no less skilled at manipulation than Donald Trump." "It's absolute madness"Face strained, Spencer paced his 10th-floor hotel room later that night. He and a compatriot walked to the hotel, where Spencer had celebrated Trump's victory on election night amid chants of "USA." Onlookers laughed and clapped, and less than four hours later, Spencer welcomed representatives of the world's major media publications to a press conference.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 23, 2016 07:37 UTC