President Trump, left, speaks while Defense Secretary Jim Mattis listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Jan. 108. “The most disheartening thing to me is my belief that that was the first time words that hateful have been spoken in the Oval Office of the White House. If you want to justify continuing to defend a racist president whose attention span and mental acuity are far below minimally acceptable standards, do so. Using dozens of clips from President Trump's speeches, The Post Editorial Board reimagines his disastrous Aug. 12 address. We have not had a president in the memory of any living American who so unabashedly displayed such racist views and assumptions.

Source: Washington Post January 12, 2018 17:25 UTC