WASHINGTON – President Trump said he doesn’t believe there’s been an uptick in white nationalism on the heels of the massacre in New Zealand in which the gunman identified with the ideology and hating immigrants.

“I don’t really. I think it’s a small group of people that have very, very serious problems,” Trump responded when presented with the question at the end of his first veto signing Friday.

The president said he hadn’t read the killer’s manifesto, though labeled the mass casualty shooting at two mosques “monstrous terror attacks.”

In New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told reporters that Trump called her directly Friday morning.

“He asked what offer of support the US could provide,” she said. “My message was sympathy and love for all Muslim communities. He acknowledged that and agreed.”

Ardern also said that Trump conveyed “his absolutely horror and disgust” about the attack.

Prior to Trump’s Oval Office comments, Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway said the killer’s political beliefs were all over the place.

“He’s telling you that he aligns with China, he’s telling you he’s not a conservative, he’s not a Nazi, he’s an eco-terrorist. He’s an evil, hateful person who shouldn’t be given a platform,” she said.