He was annoyed, he was angry and then he was enraged enough to say what he really thinks.

Donald Trump, under huge pressure to denounce white supremacists, made an attempt to toe the line yesterday with prepared remarks via an autocue.

Today it was back to the US President going off script, delivering his true thoughts live down the barrel of a Trump Tower foyer full of cameras.

Trump reverts to blaming 'both sides'

"You had a group on one side that was bad and you had a group on the other side that was very violent and nobody wants to say it, but I will," Mr Trump told the room of reporters.

"What about the alt-left that came charging at the, as you say, the alt-right? Do they have any semblance of guilt?"

Mr Trump's initial comments on the weekend condemning "hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides" appeared to spread blame between the race hate groups and the counter protesters who came to oppose them at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.

This was unacceptable to most, including many in his own party, especially given that a woman was killed by a man allegedly linked to a white nationalist group who drove his car into the crowd.

So, he finally named up the "pro-white" groups who came to Charlottesville carrying flaming tiki torches and chanting "Jews will not replace us" among other things.

Sorry, this video has expired Earlier this week Mr Trump called on the US to 'come together as one'.

"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," he said.

Today though, it was back to the blame spreading and defending the neo Nazis:

"You had a lot of people in that group that were there to innocently protest," he said.

"There are two sides to every story — I think there's blame on both sides, there's no doubt about it."

Trump's views match 'left gone mad' narrative

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Mr Trump has thrown fuel on the racial tension that exists in the US, inflamed by the weekend's events.

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His views as outlined match a "left gone mad" narrative that's put about by the far-right groups themselves, characterising the left as unhinged, dangerous anarchists.

They do exist, in the form of groups like the black-hooded members of ANTIFA who make it their business to attend far-right events, provoking violent clashes.

But compared to the far right, they're in the minority.

Statistics also show that of all the extremist violence over the past 10 years in the United States, by far the majority comes from right-wing groups. Mr Trump's comments validate those groups.

As former head of the KKK David Duke tweeted:

"Thank you President Trump for your honesty & courage to tell the truth about #Charlottesville & condemn the leftist terrorists in BLM/Antifa."