No, Duke was on TV a lot, long before he ran for President in 2000. The 80s. Plus, if you ever looked at a Nazi newspaper, his picture was all over it, 80s and 90s. He's been the most famous neo-Nazi or KKKer since 1980. And Barfo's article, which I quoted, proves that Trump knew all about Duke by 2000. So give up feigning Trump's fake ignorance about Duke.
Look at the quotes. Trump says he doesn't know Duke, never met him, etc. That's what he said. Whenever asked ABOUT Dukkke, he's said, "This is not company I wish to keep." Not good enough? Seems good enough to me. And I got that quote from your post. Maybe you didn't read it?
"I don't know anything about what you're even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists (endorsing me). So I don't know. I don't know—did he endorse me, or what's going on? Because I know nothing about David Duke (endorsing me); I know nothing about white supremacists (endorsing me)." That's how it reads and sounded.
Nice try with the parenthetical revisionist history, but that's not what he said. He lied that he knows nothing about Duke.
He was asked about Dukkke endorsing him. He answered what he knew about Dukkke endorsing him. When asked about this endorsement and by other racist groups, he asked for a list of those the reporter found questionable. When asked about Dukke (not his endorsement), what did he say? I quoted your post already and provided a tweet where he rejected the endorsement. What more do you want him to do?
Is that how you word it when you admit that he knew perfectly well who David Duke is? You're better at a coverup than Trump is. He never admits that he made a mistake, just moves the goalpost and claims he meant something else.
He knows who Barak Obama is. He would act just as surprised if he endorsed Trump. The facts and his words in this case do fit together just fine. There are plenty of legitimate issues with Trump. I suggest you focus on them. You seem distubed Trump is Teflon(tm).