From a Times magazine interview with Charlie Sykes:
I'm assuming you're not surprised by Trump's inability to condemn the white-supremacist march. I'm shocked but not surprised. Denouncing Nazis is the easiest thing in the world: All it requires is a modicum of historical perspective and a working moral compass. Instead, we got this Dumpster fire.
Here is the White House transcript of the president's August 14 statement:
As I said on Saturday, we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence. It has no place in America.
And as I have said many times before: No matter the color of our skin, we all live under the same laws, we all salute the same great flag, and we are all made by the same almighty God. We must love each other, show affection for each other, and unite together in condemnation of hatred, bigotry, and violence. We must rediscover the bonds of love and loyalty that bring us together as Americans.
Racism is evil. And those who 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.
We are a nation founded on the truth that all of us are created equal. We are equal in the eyes of our Creator. We are equal under the law. And we are equal under our Constitution. Those who spread violence in the name of bigotry strike at the very core of America.
One might fault Trump for being slow to issue such a full and explicit condemnation, or for claiming at times that there were fine people among the marchers on both sides. But to write about Trump's "inability to condemn" a march that he actually did condemn, without providing that level of context on what actually happened, seems to me to risk misleading Times readers about what the president actually did or didn't do.