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Trump's Charlottesville comments

President Trump's comments after the August 2017 Charlottesville rally sparked controversy over his stance on white supremacists

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Jan 7, 2026
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What did Trump say in his initial statement immediately after the Charlottesville car attack, and how did it differ from the later press availability transcript?

President Trump’s immediate statement in the hours after the August 12, 2017 Charlottesville car attack was a short, formal White House remark that condemned “hatred, bigotry and violence on many side...

Jan 11, 2026
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did trump say nazis were fine people

Donald Trump did say the phrase “you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides” in the aftermath of the violent Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which included neo-N...

Jan 20, 2026

What was Donald Trump's response to the Charlottesville Unite the Right rally?

Donald Trump’s public response to the August 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville began with a general condemnation of violence “on many sides,” repeatedly insisting there was “blame on both ...

Jan 12, 2026

What have independent fact-checkers concluded about whether Trump later condemned white supremacists explicitly?

Independent fact-checkers concluded that President Donald Trump did, on multiple documented occasions, explicitly condemn white supremacists and neo‑Nazis — notably in statements after the 2017 Charlo...