“The Fake News Media is working overtime to blame me for the horrible attack in New Zealand': Donald Trump complains he is being blamed for New Zealand attack
“The Fake News Media is working overtime to blame me for the horrible attack in New Zealand,” Mr Trump told his more than 59 million followers on Twitter.The Fake News Media is working overtime to blame me for the horrible attack in New Zealand. They will have to work very hard to prove that one.
However, he courted controversy on Saturday when he played down the wider implications of the gunman’s ideology, saying that violent white nationalism is not a growing problem.Mr 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 New Zealand killer, increasingly resemble the better known threat from Islamist groups.
Mr Trump’s dismissal of a broader security threat led to a flurry of criticism from Democrats and other critics over the weekend.
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