Dallas Morning News editorial: On Saturday, President Trump failed his country.

[highplainsdem]

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2017/08/12/amid-violence-virginia-president-trump-failed-test-leadership

Protests and marches have long been a part of American history; they are part of what makes America great. The First Amendment protects the right of Americans to speak and to assemble publicly.

Unfortunately, what we witnessed Saturday in Charlottesville, Va., revealed the ugliness of America. What's worse is that in its aftermath, President Donald Trump had an opportunity to show real leadership but couldn't bring himself to do it.

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At a time when such ugliness took place in the hometown of founding father Thomas Jefferson, Trump had a golden opportunity to condemn the violence and speak out against the white supremacists and white nationalists, many of whom supported him in the election against Hillary Clinton. The country needed the leader of the nation to forcefully call out these ugly — and un-American — interests.

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The country needed to hear the president specifically condemn white supremacists and make clear to them that while they have a First Amendment right to express their views, their hatred and bigotry run counter to the values of the United States. There will be no toleration of violence.

On Saturday, President Trump failed his country.

[Solly Mack]

1. Don't expect any better from him.

He'll double-down on what he said earlier and blame everyone but the guilty.

[Duppers]

2. Glad to see this in a southern newspaper.

But WHEN has this narcissistic turd EVER shown leadership?

[sinkingfeeling]

3. He's failed the country from day 1.

[dalton99a]

4. +1

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Wow!

[Dawson Leery]

6. As with Donnie's Daddy, by virtue of birth, he failed.

[GusBob]

7. Our country right now is failing our nation

Trump is just a symptom of the failure