I think what will be long remembered in the aftermath of Charlotesville is the sheer cowardice, the massive hypocrisy of the president's response.  The bigot-in-chief refused, and until this moment continues to refuse, to name the evil of white supremacy and neo-Nazism and of the Ku Klux Klan. 
I noted as I watched the president read his statement that his reference to "many sides" seemed to be an ad lib, a departure from what was prepared for him.  Trump was unwilling to take a chance that his remarks might be construed as a criticism of his racist base.  I don't think the president can fix this; I don't think he wants to fix it; I don't think he'll try to fix it; I don't think he thinks it needs to be fixed. Deplorable.  Despicable.