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President Trump says white nationalism is not on the rise across world, 'it's a small group' of people.
My comment: "Let my servants be few & secret: they shall rule the many & the known."
-Chapter 1 Line 10 - Liber AL vel Legis
Source: https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/president-trump-white-nationalism-rise-world-small-group/story?id=61719373
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President Trump on Friday said he doesn't consider white nationalism a rising threat across the world but sees the problem as contained to a "small group" of people.
"I don't, really. I think it's a small group of people that have very, very serious problems," President Trump said in response to a question from ABC News' Terry Moran in the Oval Office Friday.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate crimes and groups in the US, has reported the number of hate groups in the US has been on the rise for four straight years and has recently reached an all-time high.
The president said he spoke with the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern earlier on Friday and that he expressed the sympathies of the nation and resolve
Trump dismisses white nationalism threat after NZealand killings
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/trump-dismisses-white-nationalism-threat-after-nzealand-killings/ar-BBUPYRb
US President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed concerns that the massacre by an apparent white supremacist in New Zealand indicates a dangerous trend.
Trump was asked if the killing of at least 49 people in two mosques in Christchurch by a man claiming that white people are being overwhelmed in their historic homelands demonstrates a rising problem around the world.
"I don't really. I think it's a small group of people that have very, very serious problems, I guess," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
"If you look what happened in New Zealand, perhaps that's the case. I don't know enough about it yet."
Although Trump referred to the bloodbath as "horrific" and "terrible," his comments downplaying the potentially wider threat were likely to face criticism. Trump has been repeatedly accused before of making comments that were at best insensitive and at worst racist when it comes to race relations and far-right movements.
The alleged gunman –- identified as an Australian white nationalist -- apparently livestreamed the assault on social media and published a manifesto filled with racist conspiracy theories.
He also referred to Trump as "a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose."
Asked if he'd seen the manifesto, Trump said: "I did not."
Earlier, he tweeted that he'd spoken with New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to express "solidarity" and to say, "We love you New Zealand!"
In 2017, even many of Trump's closest supporters were reportedly appalled by his refusal to condemn a march by torch-bearing neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The march ended in violent clashes with leftist protesters and Trump appeared to spread the blame equally, even though the right-wing demonstrators had been chanting a Nazi-era slogan "blood and soil."
"You also had some very fine people on both sides," he said.
In December an American neo-Nazi was sentenced to life in prison for driving his car into a group of counter-protesters during the white supremacist rally, killing a woman.
Trump has also been accused of whipping up xenophobia with his long-running campaign to build more walls along the US-Mexican border, which he says is under "invasion" by illegal immigrants.
On Friday, he signed the first veto of his presidency to dismiss congressional pushback against his declaration of emergency powers to get billions of dollars in wall funding.
- Farther and farther right -
Trump has repeatedly denied racist tendencies and often touts his work in improving economic conditions among the country's racial minorities.
However, the right of his party, which includes his most reliable political base, increasingly flirts openly with white nationalism and wild conspiracy theories.
Rush Limbaugh, the popular right-wing radio host, said Friday that the New Zealand bloodbath may even have been what conspiracy theorists call a "false flag" designed to discredit Trump.
"There's an ongoing theory that the shooter himself may in fact be a leftist who writes the manifesto and then goes out and performs the deed purposely to smear his political enemies, knowing he's going to get shot in the process," Limbaugh said.
Brian Levin, director at the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, said, however, that the problem could not be more real.
"White nationalism and extremism is the most prominent extremist threat facing the United States today, and indeed it is a worldwide phenomenon," he said.
Dem Rep. Castro: 'Cost' of Trump's 'Intolerance' Is 'Part of What We See Today' with NZ Terror Attack
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/03/15/dem-rep-castro-cost-of-trumps-intolerance-is-part-of-what-we-see-today-with-nz-terror-attack/
https://twitter.com/CNNSitRoom/status/1106694617494372352
Dem Rep. Carson: 'Deeply Disappointed' in Trump's 'Hurtful' 'Dismissal' of Threat of White Nationalism
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/03/15/dem-rep-carson-deeply-disappointed-in-trumps-hurtful-dismissal-of-threat-of-white-nationalism/
https://twitter.com/TheLeadCNN/status/1106660938613223425
Well, that Chink loving idiot Tarrant thinks that Trump is the Great White Hope, but his policies are absolute crap. While we know the opposite to be true.
We know that Trump has no more concern for or against the White Race than were his predecessors.
We also know that Trump's policies are not that great, but in comparison with the alternative, they are quite good for America and Americans.