TOPLINEPresident Donald Trump retweeted a video Sunday morning that included footage of a white man driving a golf cart adorned with Trump campaign posters and flags shouting "white power," before deleting the tweet roughly four hours later. The president quote-tweeted the video and wrote: "Thank you to the great people of The Villages. The man driving the cart then slows down man to address the protesters and twice shouts "white power" and raises his fist. The White House did not apologize for the tweet, saying instead: "President Trump is a big fan of The Villages. Further Reading:Accused Killer Of California Cops Was Associated With Right-Wing' Boogaloo Movement' (Forbes)White Supremacist Terrorism 'On The Rise And Spreading' (Forbes)Trump thanks' great people' shown in Twitter video in which a man chants' white power' (CNN)

Source: Forbes June 28, 2020 15:45 UTC