Trump Sees No Rise In White Nationalism [VIDEO]

The Hill reports:

President Trump on Friday said he doesn’t see a rise in white nationalism, despite a deadly gun attack at two mosques in New Zealand that killed at least 49 people.

“I don’t really, I think it’s a small group of people,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked if he sees a rise in white nationalism. He called the shooting a “horrible, horrible thing.”

Trump said Friday afternoon he had not seen the manifesto, but called the shooting a “horrible act.” He took questions in the Oval Office after vetoing a resolution of disapproval of his emergency declaration to build a wall at the U.S. southern border.

Trump in Oval Office on whether white nationalism is a serious growing problem, given the white nationalist gunman who massacred Muslims in NZ. ” I don’t really. I think it’s a small group of people.”

— Sebastian Smith (@SebastianAFP) March 15, 2019

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 15, 2019

Trump on white nationalism after New Zealand attacks pic.twitter.com/TVFKYYYmMT

— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) March 15, 2019