There's no heavy lifting required; Trump is blatantly racist and had to be dragged into condemning his white "nationalist" pals.  Just read or listen to his statement on Monday.

It's obvious by his tone of voice that Trump begrudgingly called out the White Nationalists. Furthermore, he had to wait two days to correct what should have been the obvious thing to say in the first place. Then he went on to add a distraction, by trying to insist "Fake News" mistook what everyone heard him originally say on Saturday.

As for better late than never, per Mark Davis who wrote this column, ask Katrina victims what they think of better late than never.