There have been more than enough news reports about what President Donald Trump did and didn't say about the violence in Charlottesville, and when. Here are some, in case you have been off-planet for the last week:

• Trump defends 'beautiful' Civil War statues, on the BBC;
• "I was in Charlottesville. Trump was wrong about violence on the left", on the Guardian;
• Donald Trump wrong that Charlottesville counter-protesters didn't have a permit, on Politifact;
• Trump's isolation grows in the wake of Charlottesville, on The Washington Post.

Various comedy TV shows have also been having a field-day with the issue:

• Seth Meyers - A Closer Look,
• John Oliver,
• Stephen Colbert - The Late Show,

Irrespective of where you stand on the various issues (Confederate statues, the Confederate flag, White Supremacists, Nazis, protest violence, President Trump being and ignorant lying SOB, etc.), there is one aspect of this debacle that is totally bemusing: that the Donald keeps giving speeches, answering reporters' questions, and tweeting on the matter, and by doing so, gets himself into even more hot water. Clearly, he doesn't listen to his advisors, and ignores the speeches that are written for him. Apparently he also doesn't believe in the old adage that, when you are in a hole, stop digging.