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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Violence in Charlottesville leaves Trump more isolated

President's mild tone has been criticized by Republicans



The reputation of United States President Donald Trump among Republicans worsened after the Charlottesville episodes over the weekend. The delay for the tycoon to pronounce and condemn the march of white and neo-Nazi supremacists, as well as the light tone used in his message, provoked the ire of the members of the Republican Party.

House Speaker Paul Ryan said the ideology of "white supremacy is repulsive" and that "there can be no moral ambiguity" in Trump's message. "We must be clear," he said.

But Trump's opponent in the Republican primaries, Marco Rubio argued that the president "can not allow white supremacists to get only part of the blame." It took Trump two days to decide whether to go on Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, which ended with the deaths of three people and several other injuries. For hours, the president - famous for making rapid pronouncements on social networks - said nothing about the clashes between white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups.

Instead of criticizing rightwing extremism, which promoted the rally in Charlottesville, Trump simply condemned "all forms of violence." "We ALL have to stand together and condemn everything that hatred represents," he said. To many experts, Trump's position suggested that he condemned as many fascists as people who tried to stop the march.

On Tuesday, the president referred again to the episode and admitted that he also blames the left for the clashes. "I think it was the fault of both sides," he said. The march in Charlottesville was organized by the far right against immigrants, gays, Jews and blacks. The march generated repudiation of several Americans, who took to the streets to contain the neo-Nazi movement.

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