Trump yields to pressure on hate groups but outcry persists
By Reuters
16 August 2017 |
5:59 am
U.S. President Donald Trump denounced neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan as criminals and thugs on Monday, bowing to mounting political pressure to condemn such groups explicitly after a white-nationalist rally turned deadly in Virginia.
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