Trump finally names names

AFTER RELENTLESS pressure spanning the political spectrum, President Trump grudgingly condemned white supremacists, the KKK and neoNazis for Saturday’s violence in Charlottesville, Va.

“Racism is evil,” Trump said during a brief address at the White House on Monday. “And those that cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans.”

Hours later, he took to Twitter to complain that his belated repudiation of hate groups wasn’t met with more acclaim.

“Made additional remarks on Charlottesville and realize once again that the #Fake News Media will never be satisfied . . . truly bad people!” he wrote.

Trump had made his additional remarks after a day of public silence Sunday, and after meeting with Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director Christopher Wray on Monday morning.

Trump said the Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the incident in which a Dodge Challenger plowed into a crowd of peaceful protesters, killing a woman.

He expressed his condolences to slain demonstrator Heather Heyer as well as two Virginia State Police officers killed in a helicopter crash.

“These three fallen Americans embodied the goodness and decency of our nation,” the President said. “In times such as these, America has always shown its true character, responding to hate with love, division with unity, and violence with an unwavering resolve for justice.”

Republicans and Democrats spent the last two days slamming Trump for neglecting to explicitly single out the hate groups Saturday in his first remarks about the violence. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence, on many sides. On many sides,” he said then. Trump was immediately criticized for equating the hate groups with the counterprotesters, especially because