If you were anything like me during Trump's most recent press conference where he addressed the recent eruption of violence and hatred in Charlottesville, you stared at your screen, mouth agape in utter shock and incredulity. If you've spared yourself the immense pain of witnessing this calamitous display, here is an overview of some of his most troubling statements. Whether you believe the following comments are a result ignorance, bigotry, or simply poor rhetoric is entirely up to your volition. Nonetheless, this is why much of the country is completely disgruntled.

1. "When I make a statement, I like to be correct. I want the facts. This event just happened. In fact, a lot of the event didn't even happen yet, as we were speaking. This event just happened. Before I make a statement, I need the facts, so I don't want to rush into a statement."

Trump waited 48 hours to issue any statement condemning the acts of the Neo-Nazis and white supremacists. While we can respect him for waiting to accurately assemble the facts, it simply should not take that long to make a statement that denounces unabashed and obvious bigotry.

2. "Well, I think 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."

After a reporter a reporter asked Trump if the driver of the car that rammed into the group of counterprotesters, killing one and injuring many more, was an act of terrorism, Trump evaded giving an explicit yes or no answer. While Trump is always very quick to acknowledge radical Islamic terrorism, it seems he is incapable of doing the same with a flagrant display of terrorism by a white nationalist, which may appear to many as undermining the severity of this man's actions. Terrorism is defined as the unlawful use of violence and/or intimidation, usually against civilians, in the pursuit of a political aim, and this situation is no less applicable than any other acts of terrorism we've seen.

3. "What about the alt-left that came charging at the, as you say, the alt-right. Do they have any semblance of guilt? Let me ask you this. What about the fact they came charging — that they came charging, with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs? Do they have any problem? I think they do."

"You had a group on one side that was bad and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent. And nobody wants to say that, but I'll say it right now. You had a group, you had a group on the other side that came charging in without a permit and they were very, very violent."

"The following day it looked like they had some rough, bad people: neo-Nazis, white nationalists, whatever you want to call them. But you had a lot of people in that group that were there to innocently protest — and very legally protest, because you know- I don't know if you know, they had a permit. The other group didn't have a permit. So, I only tell you this. There are two sides to a story. I thought what took place was a horrible moment for our country, a horrible moment. But there are two sides to the country."

These statements are arguably the most controversial of them all. Trump condemned the alt-left counterprotestors with a much greater fervency and certainty than he had ever condemned the racists and neo-Nazis. He put the two groups on the same moral plane, possibly even framing the leftist counterprotestors as more shameful and morally crooked. Despite the levels of violence instigated by either side, one side was proudly chanting racist slurs and singing "Kill all Jews!" in unison, and the other side responded, naturally provoked by blatant and disgusting hate speech. Trump is explaining the issue at surface level and refusing to boil it down to its core, and within that core there's an obvious distinction between the people ingrained with a deep-rooted, despicable hatred, and the people who inherently stand against that.

4. "I've condemned many different groups, but not all of those people were neo-Nazis, believe me. Not all of those people were white supremacists, by any stretch. Those people were also there because they wanted to protest the taking down of a statue of Robert E. Lee."

"You have some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. You had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down of, to them, a very, very important statue and the renaming of a park from Robert E. Lee to another name."

I can't express my opinions on these quotes any other way except by calling it insane. While, yes, the purpose of the event was to protest removing the statue and while, yes, some of the participants absolutely may have intended to protest it (and rightfully so) merely in an effort to preserve history, it evolved into something much more detestable. If you are continuing to protest with a group of people advocating for anti-semetism and racism, you are not only condoning their actions, but you are uniting with them and strengthening their cause. So, yes, you would be just as guilty. Standing in solidarity white nationalists and Nazis is inexcusable, whether you identify as one of them or not.

Despite Trump's true intentions, which the world may never know, the press conference has been construed miserably among the government and citizens alike, causing an outrage at such magnitude, that multiple of his advisers have even resigned. Nevertheless, events in Charlottesville have been eye-opening in showing us the prejudice and bigotry that still thrives in our country. Except now, much of which used to be kept under wraps is coming to fruition, giving us the full ability to unite against the hatred and help our country to rise above it.