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He can鈥檛 bring himself to acknowledge that terrorism committed by white supremacists is, indeed, terrorism. The president鈥檚 tepid response yesterday to the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, was telling. He denounced the hate and violence but spread the blame to 鈥渕any sides.鈥�

No, Mr. President, there are not 鈥渕any sides鈥� to what happened in Virginia.

Not when we see hundreds of white supremacists marching with torches at night in an American city.

Not when we see people killed and injured by a white supremacist using his car as a weapon.

Trump鈥檚 initial, milquetoast response left racists feeling just fine. Amid its blog posts celebrating the day鈥檚 events, the neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer wrote that Trump鈥檚 comments were 鈥渞eally good,鈥� adding that the president 鈥渄idn鈥檛 attack us 鈥� no condemnation at all.鈥�

Reacting to the national outrage, the White House issued another statement today 鈥� not even attributed to Trump 鈥� that said 鈥渙f course鈥� his condemnation 鈥渋ncludes white supremacists, K.K.K. neo-Nazi and all extremist groups.鈥�

But Trump himself was silent.

I鈥檓 sure white supremacists remain reassured that they have a friend in the White House. A president who spews vitriol and heaps scorn on his enemies virtually every day 鈥� and who has no trouble calling Mexicans killers and 鈥渞apists鈥� 鈥� still can鈥檛 break off the unholy alliance with bigots that he鈥檚 been cultivating since he first claimed President Obama鈥檚 birth certificate was bogus.

And I suspect the alt-righters believe they can count on Trump to continue pursuing the same white nationalist political agenda that鈥檚 been so plainly evident throughout the first six months of his administration. And why wouldn鈥檛 they think so 鈥� with alt-right champion Stephen Bannon whispering in Trump鈥檚 ear?

No, Mr. Trump, there are not 鈥渕any sides鈥� to this. There is white supremacy, and there is America. There is good, and there is evil.

It鈥檚 not a hard choice.