(CNN) President Donald Trump on Monday pointedly declined to condemn the actions of his supporters in Portland, Oregon, and Wisconsin following a string of violent clashes. Trump claimed that video he had seen showed that Rittenhouse "was trying to get away from them, I guess, it looks like." "A quarter of a second to make a decision, and sometimes they make the wrong decision. If they make the wrong decision, you know, if they make the wrong decision, in the other direction, they're probably dead." Trump claimed that "the violent rioters share (Joe) Biden's same talking points and they share his same agenda for our nation."

Source: CNN August 31, 2020 22:52 UTC