而特朗普则经常在否定他们时表现出犹豫的态度；在总统大选期间，当前3K党大咖大卫·杜克对其表示公开支持时，特朗普令人愤慨地犹犹豫豫，不愿拒绝杜克及其追随者。
And Trump has often hesitated to disavow them; during the election campaign, when former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke publicly backed him, Trump was scandalously slow to reject Duke and his followers.