Trump defended the Alt-Right Neo-Nazi White Supremacists who marched in Charlottesville. As usual, his claims were typical Trump BS.
1. Trump claimed they were there to preserve monuments that represented part of American heritage. Actually, the removal of those monuments was being considered because that was the will of the local elected government representing the will of the majority of the local Americans living in that community. Those monuments were placed to honor leaders of the Confederacy which fought to preserve slavery, and as such are offensive to the majority living in the community.
2. Trump claimed that both sides were equally guilty. The White Supremacists came heavily armed wearing combat style gear, shouting Nazi slogans. The counter protesters were not armed and were dressed in regular street clothes. The Nazis were the invaders, not the locals.
3. The murderer who drove a car into a crowd of people was one of the Nazis, not one of the locals.
4. The Nazis came not to preserve some statues, but to intimidate and show their toughness. Their stated goal is to start a revolution to take over America. They fear progress, truth, and diversity.
5. Incidentally, Robert E Lee opposed Confederate monuments. He said they would keep open wounds created by the Civil War. Also, descendants of Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis support the removal of the Confederate monuments.