Twitter Freaks Out Over Trump’s Derailed Press Event: ‘Burns Bridges at Infrastructure Presser’

Faith GatesAug 15th, 2017, 5:05 pm

President Donald Trump gave a speech about infrastructure Tuesday in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, but it’s when he took questions afterwards that really got people heated.

Trump was asked why he took so long to make a statement about the Charlottesville incident over the weekend, in which a woman died after an alt-right extremist ran his car into a crowd of protesters during a “Unite the Right” rally. Trump gave a statement on Saturday, saying “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides.” He was criticized for not calling out white supremacist, and again made a statement Monday to specifically call out “the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything that we hold dear as Americans.”

Trump today continued to dig himself a hole and even said that there “is blame on both sides” and that there were “nice people” on both sides.

Needless to say, people were tweeting out their opinions just as fast as he was speaking:

I haven't seen anything that crazy since Tyson bit Holyfield @realDonaldTrump

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) August 15, 2017

https://twitter.com/jonfavs/status/897553235694702592

This press conference is going to require a whole lot of damage control.

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) August 15, 2017

Get him off the teleprompter for five minutes, and Trump will always show you exactly who he is.

— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) August 15, 2017

It's now Tuesday, and Pres. Trump is pushing "blame on both sides" for a second degree murder charge even harder than he did on Saturday.

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) August 15, 2017

Trump Wine. One sip and you can't even see the swastikas.

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) August 15, 2017

Today Trump proved one theory: his primary motive is to be the anti-Obama.

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) August 15, 2017

President Trump just said there are some very fine people in the nazi groups

— john r stanton (@dcbigjohn) August 15, 2017

https://twitter.com/owillis/status/897552904168640513

trump is..

trump is saying a "group" attacked the nazis and that was "horrible"

this is a president telling nazis he is on their side

— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) August 15, 2017

https://twitter.com/netw3rk/status/897559776955056129

This is boooooonkers. Trump just flat out SIDED WITH THE ALT RIGHT PROTESTERS AND ACCUSED THE COUNTER PROTESTERS OF BEING THE VIOLENT ONES.

— Mkay (@JoyAnnReid) August 15, 2017

Did I hear him correctly?

Did Trump just equate George Washington and Robert E. Lee? pic.twitter.com/5YDjDyyQ8V

— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly 🌸 (@AynRandPaulRyan) August 15, 2017

Trump is defending the white supremacist march on Friday. This presidency can't end soon enough.

— deray (@deray) August 15, 2017

Well if there was any doubt that Trump's speech where he denounced Nazis was written for him….

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) August 15, 2017

There were fine people on both sides.

Drink Trump wine.

— this presser, basically

— Nick Baumann (@NickBaumann) August 15, 2017

https://twitter.com/NivenJ1/status/897556828334280706

Trump Burns Bridges at Infrastructure Presser

— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) August 15, 2017

Is this the part where everyone acts shocked that Trump is actually Trump?

— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) August 15, 2017

David Duke, however, praised the President’s remarks:

Thank you President Trump for your honesty & courage to tell the truth about #Charlottesville & condemn the leftist terrorists in BLM/Antifa https://t.co/tTESdV4LP0

— David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) August 15, 2017

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