Donald Trump Jr has refused to condemn a teenager accused of fatally shooting two people at a Black Lives Matter rally in Wisconsin last month, saying 'we all do stupid things at 17'.
to promote his new book, Mr Trump was asked why he or his father, the US president, had not condemned the actions of the shooter."If I put myself in Kyle Rittenhouse['s shoes], maybe I shouldn't have been there. He's a young kid. I don't want young kids running around the streets with AR-15s. Maybe I wouldn't have put myself in that situation, who knows? We all do stupid things at 17.
"When the interviewer pushed him, stating"it's a little bit beyond stupid", Mr Trump said:"really stupid, fine, but we all have to let that process play out".gunman trying to get away from protesters before shots were fired“He was trying to get away from them ... And then he fell and then they very violently attacked him,” he said. “I guess he was in very big trouble ... he probably would have been killed.
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