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Article snippet: MORE met Tuesday with the widow of one of the 11 people killed inside a Pittsburgh synagogue, during a trip to the city where he was welcomed by some local leaders and spurned by others. After visiting the synagogue and meeting with first responders at the hospital, Trump privately spent an hour with the widow of Richard Gottfried, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters. "She said that she wanted to meet the president to let him know that people wanted him there," Sanders told reporters aboard Air Force One. The White House did not identify the woman Trump spoke with, but multiple news outlets have identified her as Peg Durachko. Gottfried, 65, was a dentist in the community. He and Durachko were married in 1980. Sanders said Trump called it a "great honor" to be in Pittsburgh with "such incredible people who had shown such bravery." Trump visited Pittsburgh three days after the city witnessed the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history. Police said Robert Gregory Bowers opened fire at the Tree of Life Synagogue during Saturday morning services, and spewed anti-Semitic slurs as he was being treated for injuries. Prosecutors have said they intend to seek the death penalty for Bowers. Trump's visit divided a grieving city, as Mayor Bill Peduto (D), Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald (D) and other local officials lamented that the president's visit was too soon and that the community had just begun burying the vict... Link to the full article to read more