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| Boris Johnson: Donald Trump got it 'totally wrong' on Charlottesville, says UK Foreign Secretary | Boris Johnson: Donald Trump got it 'totally wrong' on Charlottesville, says UK Foreign Secretary |
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| Donald Trump "got it totally wrong" in his response to the Charlottesville, Virginia, riots, Boris Johnson has said. | Donald Trump "got it totally wrong" in his response to the Charlottesville, Virginia, riots, Boris Johnson has said. |
| It was a "great shame" the President was unable to distinguish between neo-Nazis and anti-fascist protesters, the Foreign Secretary said. | It was a "great shame" the President was unable to distinguish between neo-Nazis and anti-fascist protesters, the Foreign Secretary said. |
| Mr Johnson also hinted strongly that Mr Trump's state visit to the UK would take place next year. | Mr Johnson also hinted strongly that Mr Trump's state visit to the UK would take place next year. |
| He told BBC Radio Four's Today programme: "I thought he got it totally wrong and I thought it was a great shame that he failed to make a clear and fast distinction, which we all are able to make, between fascists and anti-fascists, between Nazis and anti-Nazis." | He told BBC Radio Four's Today programme: "I thought he got it totally wrong and I thought it was a great shame that he failed to make a clear and fast distinction, which we all are able to make, between fascists and anti-fascists, between Nazis and anti-Nazis." |
| The state visit was more likely to happen next year than this, he added. | The state visit was more likely to happen next year than this, he added. |
| Mr Trump first blamed "many sides" for the violence that erupted in Charlottesville two weeks ago, when white supremacists marched on the town to take part in a "Unite the Right" rally. | |
| In a later statement he singled out the neo-Nazi and other racist elements but, in further, impromptu remarks at Trump Tower, returned to condemning "both sides" for the fighting. | |
| His words drew widespread criticism, including from fellow Republicans. | |
| At a campaign-style rally in Phoenix, Arizona, this week, Mr Trump said his response had been misrepresented by "damned dishonest" journalists. | |
| He re-read parts of his statements on Charlottesville to prove he had condemned the racism on show. |