Trump's Afghanistan speech ended up being all about Charlottesville: SO WAS HIS #PhoenixRally

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And yes, I was listening to @Lawrence last night we said Trump was lying to his fans during his speech.
Charlottesville has really gotten under his skin!! I do not know really low long trump ragged on about about how the media lied about what he said, but it was around 45 minutes.


Donald Trump's Afghanistan speech ended up being all about Charlottesville
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/21/politics/donald-trump-afghanistan/index.html


Updated 12:43 PM ET, Tue August 22, 2017


(CNN)President Donald Trump used a speech ostensibly focused on his decision about the future of America's role in Afghanistan to issue a call for unity and healing in the United States, a clear attempt to patch over the damage caused by his repeated unwillingness to condemn white supremacists and neo-Nazis following their violent protests in Charlottesville.


"A wound inflicted upon a single member of our community is a wound inflicted upon us all," Trump said at the start of his address -- his first prime-time broadcast on a specific policy issue since being elected President last November. "When one part of America hurts, we all hurt. And when one citizen suffers an injustice we all suffer together."

That tone was a stunning turnaround from Trump's language just six days ago when, at a press availability at Trump Tower, he berated the media and liberals -- insisting that "both sides" were responsible for the violence in Charlottesville.
"I will tell you something," Trump said at that press event at Trump Tower. "I watched those very closely, much more closely than you people watched it. And you have -- you had a group on one side that was bad, and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent, and nobody wants to say that, but I'll say it right now."...........................

[MiniMe]

1. Why is he still doing campaign rallys?

The election isn't for another 3.5 years!