Aides couldn't immediately reach the president to get him to take down the offending tweet because he was on the course at his golf club and had put down his phone, officials said.
President Donald Trump set off a"five-alarm fire" in the White House on Sunday morning after he retweeted a video of one of his supporters saying"white power," according to two White House officials.
Aides also tried unsuccessfully to reach deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino to ask him to delete the retweet, officials said.
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