Trump Rightly Calls Barcelona Attack Terrorism, But Why Can't He Do The Same in Charlottesville?

When ISIS struck Barcelona this morning killing a dozen people in a ramming attack, President Trump was unequivocal on Twitter:

The United States condemns the terror attack in Barcelona, Spain, and will do whatever is necessary to help. Be tough & strong, we love you!

But when Trump was asked if the ramming attack in Charlottesville, Virginia was terrorism at his press conference at Trump Tower two days ago, he equivocated:

The driver of the car is a disgrace to himself, his family and this country. And that is, you can call it terrorism, you can call it murder, you can call it whatever you want. I would just call it as the fastest one to come up with a good verdict. That's what I'd call it. Because there is a question: Is it murder, is it terrorism? And then you get into legal semantics. The driver of the car is a murderer and what he did was a horrible, horrible, inexcusable thing.

So when terrorism hits Barcelona, Trump says he will do whatever is necessary to help.

But when terrorism hits Charlottesville, we get semantics.

While Trump might condemn the act itself, not only does he not condemn the ideology which inspired it but he calls people who adhere to this ideology "very fine people."

This is why Donald Trump laments the loss of "beautiful statues and monuments", but cannot do the same where it concerns the loss of a beautiful life.

Of course, if President Obama were still in office we would have the opposite problem. He would not have hesitated to call Charlottesville an act of terrorism, but would have equivocated on doing the same in Barcelona as was the case in Fort Hood, Boston, San Bernardino and Orlando.

Is it really that difficult to have a President of the United States who can unequivocally declare that the loss of life in both Charlottesville & Barcelona were as a result of terrorism?