“They’re trying to take away our culture” | Trump defends Charlottesville comments

“They’re trying to take away our culture” | Trump defends Charlottesville comments

by Adedotun Michael President Donald Trump has defended his comments at on the Charlottesville protests. Speaking at a rally Tuesday night in Phoenix, Arizona, Trump read out copies of three of his own speeches on what he’d said about the white supremacists’ gathering around a Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Virginia. At the rally while... Read More

Charlottesville, donald trump, White supremacists

August 21, 2017

Confederate statues, University of Texas, White supremacists

University Of Texas removes Confederate statues from the institution

by Wareez Odunayo The president of the University of Texas at Austin, Gregory Fenves has ordered the removal of Robert E. Lee and three other Confederate era figures; Albert Sidney Johnston, John Reagan and James Stephen Hogg statues from a main area of campus. Lee and Johnston were Confederate generals, Reagan was a Confederate postmaster... Read More

Global

August 17, 2017

White supremacists, “a collection of clowns” – Steve Bannon

by Adedotun Michael Donald Trump’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon has called the white supremacists “a collection of clowns. The White House chief strategist’s comments became necessary owing to the backlash of strong criticism that followed the turmoil in the Virginia city of Charlottesville over the weekend, where one woman was killed and several of her... Read More

donald trump, Steve Bannon, white house, White supremacists

August 17, 2017

Charlottesville, donald trump, takeaways, White supremacists

“Donald Trump will not do anything if it happens again” | 4 takeaways from the Charlottesville, Virginia clashes

Charlottesville, Virginia has degenerated into a ‘war’ zone. The type of war zone that typically would lead to a grand display of American intervention. In the past, on the occasion of an event like this on African or Middle Eastern soil, the United States of America would assume a leadership position in managing the crisis.... Read More

Thinking Through

August 16, 2017

Trump supporters similar to rape accomplices – Moore

by Adedotun Michael Michael Moore, a filmmaker and liberal activist, yester night slammed Trump supporters in a blunt manner for the degree to which he believes the supporters have indulged the President. Moore in an interview with Don Lemon, a CNN correspondent said, “If you hold down the woman while the rapist is raping her,... Read More

donald trump, Michael Moore, rapists, White supremacists

Charlottesville, donald trump, Neo Nazis, White supremacists

Wow Trump! Thanks for blessing us with your “condemnation message” today

On Saturday, Neo Nazis and White Supremacists displayed the worst in themselves when they trooped out to show their disdain or inclusivity – the kind that America likes to tout itself for – in Charlottesville, Virginia. In the process, a truck drove into a crowd and killed a young woman, injuring 20 others. The American... Read More

Donald Trump, Thinking Through

Full text of Donald Trump’s statement condemning white supremacists

Read the full text delivered Aug. 14, 2017, below: Thank you. I’m in Washington today to meet with my economics team to meet about trade policy and major tax cuts and reform. We are renegotiating trade deals and making them good for the American worker, and it’s about time. Our economy is now strong, the... Read More

Charlottesville, donald trump, White supremacists

Scaramucci criticises Trump’s comment on Charlottesville

by Adedotun Michael Anthony Scaramucci, the brief-spelled former communications director to President Trump has criticized the president’s response to the weekend white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and blamed chief strategist Steve Bannon’s “nonsensical” influence for it. Trump’s response to the “Right rally”, in which a car ploughed into a crowd of counter protesters left... Read More

Anthony scaramucci, donald trump, White supremacists

Everything we know so far about Charlottesville uproar

A protest similar with the 2015 “black lives matter” rhetoric which occurred on Friday night, where hundreds of marchers descended on the University of Virginia carrying torches and yelling slogans “white lives matter” and “blood and soil”, turned violent on Saturday, as white supremacists clashed with counterdemonstrators and a car ploughed into a crowd of... Read More

Global

Charlottesville, donald trump, Ivanka Trump, Mike Pence, White supremacists

Pence attacks media for criticizing Trump over Charlottesville

by Adedotun Michael The U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has leaned to his boss’ defense by criticizing the media for its coverage of President Donald Trump’s remarks on Saturday of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia were the president said, “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on... Read More

Charlottesville, criticism, donald trump, Media, Mike Pence, White supremacists

August 13, 2017

White House insists Donald Trump also condemned white supremacists in his speech

White House has insisted that US President Donald Trump’s condemnation of attacks at a “Unite the Right” rally in Virginia that turned violent included white supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis. “The president said very strongly in his statement yesterday that he condemns all forms of violence, bigotry and hatred. Of course that includes... Read More

Charlottesville, donald trump, White supremacists

August 12, 2017

Donald Trump condemns violent white supremacists rally in Charlottesville

US President Donald Trump has condemned the violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Authorities had declared a state of emergency due to the clashes between those protesting the plans to remove a statue honouring Confederate general Robert E Lee from a Charlottesville park and counter-protesters. [Read Also: State of emergency declared in Charlottesville... Read More

The News Blog

Charlottesville, condemn, donald trump, rally, White supremacists

August 12, 2017

The Thread: This is why America is plagued by White Supremacists today

While Abike Dabiri and Buhari’s aides are rejoicing over seeing their president’s face (which we’re sure will result in more clampdowns on anti-Buhari speech/protests), America is bemoaning the rise and rise of White Supremacists. Last night, a “Unite for Right” rally was held in Charlottesville, Virginia. It swiftly turned violent. Today, the Governor of Virginia... Read More

Opinion

America, donald trump, Internal instability, Protests, The Thread, White supremacists

August 12, 2017

The Thread: “Give them a world where you can’t say ‘Christmas'” | Americans blast White Supremacists

Trump’s America is burning. Last night, at the University of Virginia, white nationalists wielding torches clashed with counter-protesters. NBC reports, “chants of “You will not replace us!” and “Blood and soil!” were met with shouts of “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA!” Today, the violence continued, with Supporters of the “Unite the Right” rally... Read More

Opinion

America, donald trump, Neo Nazis, Protests, Unite the right rally, Virginia, White supremacists

March 9, 2017