US President Donald Trump waded into the controversy over his response to the New Zealand massacre, complaining that he was being blamed for the tragedy.
In a lengthy written rant, the alleged killer referred to Trump as"a symbol of renewed white identity."Trump did on several occasions tweet and speak to condemn the"horrible" attack and offer any US assistance to New Zealand's authorities.
However, he courted controversy Friday when he played down the wider implications of the gunman's ideology, saying that violent white nationalism is not a growing problem.The White House is pushing back against accusations President Trump's rhetoric encourages white supremacists, like the man accused in the New Zealand mosque shootings.
Trump's homeland security chief, Kirstjen Nielsen, gave a distinctly different emphasis on Monday in a speech where she said that"domestic terrorists," like"The primary terrorist threat to the United States continues to be from Islamist militants and those they inspire, but we should not and cannot and must not ignore the real and serious danger posed by domestic terrorists," she said.
"They are using the same do-it-yourself, mass murder tactics as we saw with the horrible assault last week in New Zealand against
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