U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday, Aug. 31, that the fatal shootings of two protesters and wounding of a third in Kenosha, Wis., was under investigation, calling it an “interesting situation.” He appeared to defend the actions of the alleged shooter, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, as being in self-defence when Trump said he “was in a very bad situation,” being violently attacked by protesters and “could have been killed.”
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