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Sohn: Let Trump race-shock give way to resolve

Torch-bearing white nationalists rally around a statue of Thomas Jefferson near the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 11, 2017. President Trump said they were "fine people." (Edu Bayer/The New York Times)
Torch-bearing white nationalists rally around a statue of Thomas Jefferson near the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 11, 2017. President Trump said they were "fine people." (Edu Bayer/The New York Times) Torch-bearing white nationalists rally around a statue of Thomas Jefferson near the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 11, 2017. President Trump said they were "fine people." (Edu Bayer/The New York Times)

By Pam Sohn 4 min read

Stop with the shock talk, already.

Donald Trump’s flip-flops are no longer shocking.

The fact that our country is conflicted, confused and divided is, sadly, not shocking – despite the many times we’ve thought we had outgrown those afflictions.

Granted, it is a bit shocking to see a Twitter thank-you note to the President of the United States from a long-time Ku Klux Klan leader like David Duke: “Thank you President Trump for your honesty & courage to tell the truth about #Charlottesville & condemn the leftist terrorists “

And it’s horrifying to see all the growing links between Trump and his campaign to the Kremlin’s clear and sure meddling in the 2016 election that our Vladimir Putin-favored Trump won.