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Trump Doubles Down: Blames 'Both Sides'
On Tuesday President Trump said "there's blame on both sides" for the violence in Charlottesville, a remarkable reversal from the comments he made one day prior when Trump specifically called out the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists in a choreographed statement read at the White House.
James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, former speechwriter for President Carter and author of China Airborne (Vintage Reprint edition, 2013) discusses the president's remarks and how they're being interpreted by the press the president's base.