Trump silent as aides look to explain his vague Charlottesville statement

WASHINGTON — A series of White House aides on Sunday looked to explain President Donald Trump’s statement the day before that failed to condemn white supremacists or the “alt-right” for violence that left three people dead in Charlottesville, Virginia. One White House official who didn’t lend his voice to that effort: Trump himself. A White House official, who requested anonymity and ignored attempts to go on the record, told reporters Sunday that it was obvious the