Article snippet: Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories NEW YORK — President Trump reverted Tuesday to blaming both sides for the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Va., and at one point questioned whether the movement to pull down Confederate statues would lead to the desecration of memorials to George Washington. In a combative exchange with reporters at Trump Tower in Manhattan, the president repeatedly rejected bipartisan criticism for waiting several days before naming the right-wing groups and for placing blame on both the right and left for the bloodshed that ended with the death of a young woman after a car crashed into a crowd. He said that “before I make a statement, I like to know the facts.” And he criticized “alt-left” groups that he claimed were “very, very violent” when they sought to confront the nationalist and Nazi groups that had gathered to protest the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee from a park. He said there is “blame on both sides.” “Many of those people were there to protest the taking down of the statue of Robert E. Lee,” Trump said. “This week, it is Robert E. Lee and this week, Stonewall Jackson. Is it George Washington next? You have to ask yourself, where does it stop?” he said, noting that the first American president had owned slaves. The following is a full transcript of remarks made by President Donald Trump at Trump Tower on Tuesday, as provided by the W... Link to the full article to read more