Trump Stirs the Pot Again

No matter what President Trump says about Charlottesville, the media is going to attack him. True, the President handles these situations clumsily. He lacks the nuance that experienced politicians can utilize in addressing volatile topics. The left wing media has been banging away at him because for a couple of days, he didn't specify his condemnation of white supremacist groups like the KKK and neo-Nazis, both of whom were involved in the Charlottesville riots. Then he condemned both, but it wasn't enough to satisfy the clowns at CNN and MSNBC. Today, during a press conference, Trump waded in again condemning the leftists who came to Charlottesville looking for trouble (ANTIFA) and saying that some of the "alt-right" protesters were there for legitimate reasons  (protesting against the removal of a stature of Robert E. Lee).

The media is having a field day.

Technically, Trump is right. ANTIFA should be roundly condemned for their role in the violence. Have you seen the video of one of them going after a man with a blow torch? That should not be condemned? The media is ignoring the role of ANTIFA in the fighting. If Trump is at fault for not being strong enough in his condemnation of white nationalists, the media is saying nothing about ANTIFA and what they did on that tragic day.

It must be pointed out, however, that ANTIFA didn't (directly) kill  anybody in Charlottesville. A woman was killed by a car driven by a neo-Nazi.As for the two cops who died in a helicopter crash, everybody engaged in violence that day has blood on his or her hands.

It may be true that some in the "alt-right" (whatever that means) crowd were there simply to defend the statue of General Lee. Whether that statue should be taken down and the park re-named is a matter for the locals to work out. But I myself would not participate in any event where David Duke was speaking. The opportunistic Duke pounced on Trump's words today thanking him in  a tweet for "speaking the truth" or something like that. It just gave more ammunition to the media to savage Trump.

I firmly reject the notion that Trump is a racist. Unfortunately, he is not the most  eloquent person in the world. We should worry less about that and more about rejecting the extremists in our society-on both sides.