Trump will never turn his back on those who "brung him here" unless pressured to do so by his closest advisers as happened over the weekend (except for Steve Bannon of course, who was left behind in DC.). Left to his own devices, he would have said nothing beyond his first tepid response in which he blamed "many sides." His second response, read from a teleprompter, sounded forced, contrived, and unconvincing, like a miscreant youth reading a prepared apology his parents forced him to say. Donald Trump has already revealed his true character many times over, and as Frank Bruni wrote yesterday in the NY Times, his presidency at this point is beyond redemption. He will never change and neither will all the "alt-right" people who have publicly declared him to be their champion. We're in this for the long haul, and it's all downhill from here.