The OP shows Trump making the claim that he was talking not about nazis, but about people on both sides of the issue of historical statues.
This is in response to the oft repeated claim that Trump said that "nazis are "fine people" ".
By starting a debate over whether or not "fine people" could have been there on the side of the statues,
you are change the subject to, could "fine people" have been there or not.
Speaking for myself, AND for Trump, if you win the argument that fine people could not have been there, the next step would be us, admitting, ok we were wrong, there were no "fine people" there.
ANYONE with even the slightest bit of honesty in their soul, who read the transcripts, can see that Trump, was referring to a group of people he believed were there, that did NOT include nazis..
HE states that several times, clearly and explicitly.
So, imo, the whole argument of if he (we) are right or wrong about who was there, is really moot.
Because the real goal of stating that he said it about neonazis" is to smear him and his supporters.
So, the moment you accept that the disagreement is, whether or not "fine people" were there, you are admitting that that SHOULD be off the table.