Trump Says He Doesn't See White Nationalism as a Rising Global Threat After New Zealand Shooting

Mar 16, 2019, 03:54 AM


President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed the global threat of white nationalism, as other world leaders condemned far-right extremism and racism in the wake of a devastating mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand that left at least 49 people dead.

"I don’t really," Trump said in the Oval Office when asked if he saw white nationalism as a rising threat around the world, according to a pool report.

President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed the global threat of white nationalism, as other world leaders condemned far-right extremism and racism in the wake of a devastating mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand that left at least 49 people dead. "I don’t really," Trump said in the Oval Office when asked if he saw white nationalism as a rising threat around the world, according to a pool report.