Trump, whose response to the neo-Nazi rally in 2017 was one of the lowest points of his presidency, continues to downplay the violence that took place in Virginia.

Donald Trump said a 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia was “nothing” compared to the college campus protests that have sparked around the country over the Israel-Hamas war. Trum

The former president portrayed largely peaceful pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses as “riots,” saying that “Charlottesville is like a ‘peanut’” in comparison.