President Trump is blaming "both sides" for the deadly weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Speaking at Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday afternoon, Trump said, "There are two sides to a story." Trump said some of the counter-protesters were "very violent" and he referred to them as "alt-left" demonstrators.
The white nationalist rally was called to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from a park in Charlottesville. Trump asked whether statues of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson should also come down, since both men were slave owners.
During the rally, James Fields is alleged to have intentionally driven his car through a crowd of protesters, killing one woman and injuring over a dozen more. Trump was asked if it was an act of terrorism and said, whether it's murder or terrorism, it's a matter of "legal semantics." Trump called the suspect a disgrace to himself and his country.