Trump went off-script from initial prepared remarks on Charlottesville

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President Trump veered from prepared remarks when addressing the violence in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday and improvised a line condemning the actions of “many sides,” according to reports.

A senior White House adviser told Politico the written statement prepared for Trump to deliver Saturday was similar in both tone and substance to his remarks Monday, during which Trump denounced white nationalist groups by name.

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