How this went down....
"Sir, we need you to issue a statement condemning the anti-black and anti-Semitic racism that was on display at the Charlottesville march."
"Why? What about all the ANTI-WHITE racism from the left?!"
"Um...okay, how about if you just say you condemn all types of racism?"
So anti-white racism shouldn't be denounced?
Couldn't he use a different occasion?
Depends on whether a better target is denouncing hostility toward a specific group of people, or denouncing bigotry and prejudice on principle. Given that the former doesn't necessarily imply the latter, but the latter accomplishes the former, I'd say Trump made the better choice.
Just like All Lives Matter, right?
