President Trump shuts down ‘white supremacy’ ambush during NBC town hall

"I denounce white supremacy. I've denounced white supremacy for years, but you always do it," Trump fired back at "Today" anchor Savannah Guthrie. This despite the fact that Trump has publicly denounced white supremacy over 20 times. "You always start off with this kind of question. You didn't ask Joe Biden whether or not if he denounces Antifa."

NBC News host Lester Holt also facilitated a live town hall with the former Vice President at the beginning of the month in the same swing state, Trump explained. "I watched him on the same basic show with Lester Holt and he was asking questions like Biden was a child."

"I denounce white supremacy. What's your next question?" the president moved on. But Guthrie was not ready, alleging that his reply is "a little bit of a dodge."

"While we're denouncing, let me ask you about QAnon. It is this theory that Democrats are a satanic pedophile ring and that you are the savior of that," Guthrie lectured. "Now can you just once and for all state that that is completely not true and then disavow QAnon in its entirety."

Trump volleyed, "I know nothing about QAnon. I know very little." To which, Guthrie interjected, "I just told you."

"You told me, but what you tell me doesn't necessarily make it fact. I hate to say that," Trump continued without missing a beat. "I do know they are very much against pedophilia. They fight it very hard. But I know nothing about it." Guthrie roared over the president's response: "They believe it's a Satanic cult run by the Deep State."

Then Trump pivoted to the "violent" and "vicious" Antifa organization on the radical left that is burning down American cities run by Democrats.

Democratic Mayor Ted Wheeler witnessed Antifa militants torch his apartment complex to "celebrate" his birthday in Portland while Black Lives Matter rioters set "much of the black business district" ablaze in Kenosha.

Refusing to drop the right-wing fringe group, Guthrie quoted Republican Sen. Ben Sasse who told The Washington Post: "QAnon is nuts—and real leaders call conspiracy theories conspiracy theories."

"Why not just say it's crazy and not true?" Guthrie pressed Trump. "He may be right," the president responded. "I just don't know about QAnon."

She relentlessly insisted that he does know, while he pushed back without hesitation. "Let's waste a whole show. You start off with white supremacy. I denounce it. You start off with something else. Let's go. Keep asking me with these questions," Trump exposed her belligerent prodding.

"Let me just tell you what I do hear about it is that they are strongly against pedophilia, and I agree with that," he answered, although his response was still not spun to Guthrie's editorial liking. "But there's not a satanic pedophile cult?" she questioned, turning the discussion into an interrogation. "You don't know that?"

Then Trump snapped back at Guthrie with a series of questions related to his challenger's downplay of Antifa, which Biden called merely an "idea" on the debate stage.

During the first presidential debate, the Democratic ticket falsely claimed that "Antifa is an idea not an organization." Prior to this soundbite, moderator Chris Wallace and Biden teamed up to corner Trump to disavow right-wing extremists and white supremacists. "Somebody's gotta do something about Antifa and the left," Trump pointed out at the time, "because this is not a right-wing problem. This is a left-wing problem."

"Antifa exists. They're viscous. They're violent. They kill people and they're burning down our cities and they happen to be radical left," the president carried on until Guthrie moved on.