Trump tweets video of 'white power' fan, deletes it amid outcry

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The White House says the president had not heard the chant before sharing the footage. FMTNews Trump WhitePower

Trump and his wife Melania attend a Super Bowl party in West Palm Beach, Florida in February.

The phrase “white power” is considered synonymous with a call for white supremacism. The phrase has been espoused by neo-Nazis, skinheads and Ku Klux Klan members. Infamously, after deadly violence pitted neo-Nazis against counter-protesters in the Virginia city of Charlottesville in 2017, Trump declared there to be “very fine people on both sides”.“Today the President shared a video of people shouting ‘white power’ and said they were ‘great’. Just like he did after Charlottesville,” presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden tweeted a few hours later.

 

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