On Friday at a small gathering of reporters in the Oval Office following the signing of his first presidential veto, President Donald Trump said he…
On Friday at a small gathering of reporters in the Oval Office following the signing of his first presidential veto, President Donald Trump said he didn’t see the horrific shootings in New Zealand mosques as representative of a rise in white nationalism. According to The Hill, the president used the occasion of signing a veto to override Congress’ rejection of his declaration of a national emergency in order to secure funding for a wall at the U. S.-Mexico border to say that he doesn’t see the shooting as indicative of some larger trend toward more white nationalism in the world.
“I don’t really, I think it’s a small group of people that have very, very serious problems,” Trump said, when asked if he sees a rise in white nationalism. “If you look what happened in New Zealand, perhaps that’s the case.
