Trump brought his own brand of over-the-top "Let-Trump-Be-Trump" onto the national and world stage last night in an insulting offense against his challenger for the highest office in the land in a series of low blows and bad behavior, refusing to respect the rules agreed on for the first Presidential Debate that rocked Cleveland creating a shockwave of disgust.
It was a performance that made nobody proud.
Here's just one next-day reaction - you can pick your own
Trump's jarring white supremacist moment launches an online furor
The president told the Proud Boys, a self-described "western chauvinist" group, to "stand back" and "stand by."
In a night marked by constant interruptions and blatant fact-fudging, it was a moment that sparked a separate online melee.
Moderator Chris Wallace gave President Donald Trump an uninterrupted opportunity to condemn the nation's biggest domestic terrorist groups: white supremacists. Instead, Trump said they should “stand back and stand by.” What's more, he said, the violence in cities like Kenosha and Portland is a “left-wing problem, not a right-wing problem.” . . .
Trump's comments were quickly embraced by the Proud Boys, an alt-right self-described “western chauvinist” group who clearly viewed it as a call to action. The group turned his words into a logo that has been widely circulated on social media. On the right-wing social media site Parler, Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs said he took Trump’s words as a directive to “f--- them up.” . . . 
White supremacist groups have been cited by the State Department as one of the chief threats to national security. According to findings from an early September document shared with POLITICO from the Department of Homeland Security, white supremacist groups were listed above foreign terrorists in terms of immediate danger to the country . . . Miles Taylor, a former Trump appointee, . . said this:
"I'm sad to say a U.S. President is winking and nodding at violent groups that threaten American lives and our way of life.”
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