Wow. Trump just held a press conference at Trump Tower on infrastructure, but as you might guess 99% of the questions were about his statement and Charlottesville.
The first big one was about his initial statement on Saturday, which he defended by saying he wanted all of the facts:
POTUS on not denouncing hate groups in initial Charlottesville statement: “You don't make statements that direct unless you know the facts” pic.twitter.com/ZRoxB2CyPK
— ABC News (@ABC) August 15, 2017
I honestly like how he forcefully defended himself, however we all know that Trump doesn’t always wait for the facts before saying something.
But I thought he came away from the press conference looking pretty strong in the face of all the questions.
Here are more highlights that have made it to Twitter already:
Trump on Bannon: "He's a good person and the press treats him very unfairly frankly" pic.twitter.com/wUkBQWKVcE
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) August 15, 2017
Trump on Charlottesville: "I didn't know David Duke was there, I wanted to see the facts" before making a statement https://t.co/HeONEv9cNl
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 15, 2017
President Trump: The driver of the car in Charlottesville, “is a murderer,” he did an “inexcusable” thing https://t.co/b1p5JLXTW5
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) August 15, 2017
.@POTUS on #Charlottesville: "You had a group on one side that was bad, and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent." pic.twitter.com/0R68CzlVCX
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 15, 2017
"Are you putting what you're calling the alt-left & white supremacists on same moral plane?"
"I'm not putting anybody on a moral plane." pic.twitter.com/451RRHyLRn— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 15, 2017
There are probably more highlights I could post, but if you want more you can watch the entire press conference below. Skip to just after the 7 minute mark for the questions to begin: