Trump Disavows White Supremacists (But They Know What He Means)

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday, in his strongest words yet on the subject, condemned and disavowed the support of white supremacists and hate groups cheering his candidacy and celebrating his presidency. But to those whom he condemned, Trump’s words were just that.


“I obviously would have preferred he not condemn, but I’m not going to read too much into that. It is what it is just words,” wrote Andrew Anglin, founder of the popular neo-Nazi “Daily Stormer” website, in a post Tuesday. “As long as he does what he says he’s going to do, he can condemn whatever he wants and I’ll still support him 100%.”

In a separate post earlier this year on “Daily Stormer,” which is named after the notorious Nazi publication “Der Strmer” and billed as “America’s #1 Most-Trusted Republican News Source,” Anglin wrote: “Jews, Blacks and lesbians will be leaving America if Trump gets elected and he’s happy about it. This alone is enough reason to put your entire heart and soul into supporting this man.”

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