Trump adviser says Mar-a-Lago dinner with Kanye West and Nick Fuentes was a ‘f***ing nightmare’
2 years ago

Trump adviser says Mar-a-Lago dinner with Kanye West and Nick Fuentes was a ‘f***ing nightmare’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Donald Trump adviser has reportedly described his Mar-a-Lago dinner with Kanye West and white supremacist Nick Fuentes as a “f***ing nightmare”. In several posts to Truth Social describing the Tuesday night dinner, Mr Trump said West showed up with three friends “whom I knew nothing about”. Mr Trump’s characterisation of the dinner was undermined by West, who claimed in a campaign-style video posted to Twitter that the former president was “really impressed with Nick Fuentes”. “If people are looking at DeSantis to run against Trump, here’s another reason why.” open image in gallery Kanye West shows a picture of a plane to Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval office of the White House in 2018 open image in gallery Nick Fuentes is a white supremacist who founded the America First Foundation A source told NBC News that Mr Fuentes is advising West on his potential presidential bid.

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Neo-Nazi Trump dinner guest Nick Fuentes laments Kanye’s antisemitism apology
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Neo-Nazi Trump dinner guest Nick Fuentes laments Kanye’s antisemitism apology

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nick Fuentes, the white nationalist Maga podcaster known …

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ties to white nationalist Nick Fuentes revealed
1 year, 4 months ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ties to white nationalist Nick Fuentes revealed

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Marjorie Taylor Greene employed a graphic designer with close ties …

Trump's white nationalist dinner guest 'removed' after trying to attend CPAC
1 year, 9 months ago

Trump's white nationalist dinner guest 'removed' after trying to attend CPAC

Raw Story  

Nick Fuentes, the Holocaust-denying white nationalist who dined last year with former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, was booted from the Conservative Political Action Conference when he tried to attend it on Friday. In a social media post, CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp revealed that "we removed Nick Fuentes from his attempt to attend our conference" and emphasized that "his hateful …

White nationalist Nick Fuentes says he was kicked out of CPAC
1 year, 9 months ago

White nationalist Nick Fuentes says he was kicked out of CPAC

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The white nationalist Nick Fuentes said Thursday evening that he …

Kanye West’s old presidential campaign bankrolled white nationalist Nick Fuentes
1 year, 10 months ago

Kanye West’s old presidential campaign bankrolled white nationalist Nick Fuentes

Raw Story  

Nick Fuentes, the Holocaust denier and white nationalist head of the so-called Groypers movement, received $14,719 late last year from the 2020 presidential campaign committee of Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, according to a campaign disclosure filed today with the Federal Election Commission. A Nov. 22 payment of $9,026.46 from the Kanye 2020 committee to Fuentes coincides …

Neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes suspended from Twitter one day after Elon Musk let him back on
1 year, 10 months ago

Neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes suspended from Twitter one day after Elon Musk let him back on

Raw Story  

Infamous neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes got his Twitter account reinstated on Tuesday, only to see it banned again a mere day later. Reuters reports that Fuentes' account got shut down on Wednesday after he used it to make multiple anti-Semitic remarks of the kind that got him suspended under Twitter's previous ownership, although it was not immediately clear which tweet led …

Nick Fuentes: White nationalist and virulent antisemite suspended from Twitter one day after brief return to verified account
1 year, 10 months ago

Nick Fuentes: White nationalist and virulent antisemite suspended from Twitter one day after brief return to verified account

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Prominent white nationalist and virulent antisemite Nick Fuentes has been …

Nick Fuentes appears to get into food fight at fast food restaurant
2 years ago

Nick Fuentes appears to get into food fight at fast food restaurant

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Kanye West’s white supremacist …

Watch: Trump-loving Nick Fuentes gets into food fight with In-N-Out patrons
2 years ago

Watch: Trump-loving Nick Fuentes gets into food fight with In-N-Out patrons

Raw Story  

On Saturday, TMZ reported that neo-Nazi activist and livestreamer Nick Fuentes was driven out of an In-N-Out Burger in Los Angeles — after throwing a drink at fellow patrons in a food fight. "As he's walking out, one patron mocks him for supposedly misidentifying himself, shouting, 'F--k Nick Fuentes. Fuentes, an architect of the so-called "Groyper" movement of internet trolls …

Trump rages at report that Mar-a-Lago security being boosted: 'Not going to have guests strip searched'
2 years ago

Trump rages at report that Mar-a-Lago security being boosted: 'Not going to have guests strip searched'

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday raged at a report from the Associated Press earlier this week that staff at his Mar-a-Lago club would boost their security screening for guests after they let Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes in to have dinner with him. Writing on Truth Social, Trump argued that the security protocols at Mar-a-Lago were just fine and that …

Mar-a-Lago security will undergo changes after Trump dinner with neo-Nazi influencer: report
2 years ago

Mar-a-Lago security will undergo changes after Trump dinner with neo-Nazi influencer: report

Raw Story  

Mar-a-Lago will re-evaluate its screening process after white nationalist Nick Fuentes was allowed to meet with Donald Trump over dinner. A source familiar with the discussions confirmed to Semafor that additional measures would be considered to make sure anyone who meets with the former president has been fully vetted, following a days-long controversy over Trump's dinner with the neo-Nazi podcaster …

Milo Yiannopoulos and Nick Fuentes admit dinner with Kanye West was orchestrated to 'make Trump's life 'miserable'
2 years ago

Milo Yiannopoulos and Nick Fuentes admit dinner with Kanye West was orchestrated to 'make Trump's life 'miserable'

Raw Story  

Two days before Thanksgiving, former President Donald Trump sat down to a dinner with rapper Kanye West at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, but he allegedly didn't expect West to bring along white nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes. “We saw everybody in the dining room get up and start applauding, and then the president entered,” Fuentes told NBC …

Trump had dinner with Kanye and Nick Fuentes. But is that a problem for him?
2 years ago

Trump had dinner with Kanye and Nick Fuentes. But is that a problem for him?

Slate  

Donald Trump is having a throwback Is Donald Trump a White Supremacist? Fuentes is the kind of “alt-right” online figure whose claims are often presented as edgy quasi-jokes, but yes, he has, for example, compared himself favorably to Hitler in explaining that he maintains celibacy in order to more fully pursue “total Aryan victory.” He disavows the term “white supremacist,” …

Mitt Romney calls Trump a ‘gargoyle’ over ‘disgusting’ meeting with Kanye West and Nick Fuentes
2 years ago

Mitt Romney calls Trump a ‘gargoyle’ over ‘disgusting’ meeting with Kanye West and Nick Fuentes

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mitt Romney compared Donald Trump to a “gargoyle” hanging over …

Trump isn't MAGA enough for far-right activists who threaten to rally around Kanye West
2 years ago

Trump isn't MAGA enough for far-right activists who threaten to rally around Kanye West

Raw Story  

On Monday, Rolling Stonereported that far-right figures are flocking to rapper Kanye West, also known by the mononym "Ye," as a potentially more authentic standard bearer of the MAGA movement than former President Donald Trump himself — or at the very least, as a person who could send a message to Trump to step up his game in supporting white …

Republican leaders denounce Trump's dinner with white nationalist Nick Fuentes
2 years ago

Republican leaders denounce Trump's dinner with white nationalist Nick Fuentes

NPR  

Republican leaders denounce Trump's dinner with white nationalist Nick Fuentes Enlarge this image toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP Jacquelyn Martin/AP House and Senate Republicans are speaking out against former President Donald Trump's dinner last week with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, and white nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes. Earlier in the day, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy …

Forget Nick Fuentes -- inviting Kanye to Mar-a-Lago was 'bad enough' on its own: conservative journalist
2 years ago

Forget Nick Fuentes -- inviting Kanye to Mar-a-Lago was 'bad enough' on its own: conservative journalist

Raw Story  

In a bizarre scene just before Thanksgiving, former President Donald Trump had dinner at Mar-a-Lago with rapper and anti-Semite Kanye West, white nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, and anti-Semite and right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos. Writing in the Washington Examiner, conservative Byron York says the whole thing was a "publicity coup for West, Fuentes, and Yiannopoulos." But as York points …

Trump is 'entrenched in obstinance' and won't condemn Holocaust denier despite allies' pleas: report
2 years ago

Trump is 'entrenched in obstinance' and won't condemn Holocaust denier despite allies' pleas: report

Raw Story  

According to reporting from the Guardian's Hugo Lowell, Donald Trump has no immediate plans to condemn white nationalist Nick Fuentes as part of an effort to douse the firestorm he created after having dinner at Mar-a-Lago with the infamous anti-Semite and Holocaust denier. "Donald Trump repeatedly refused to disavow the outspoken anti-Semite and white supremacist Nick Fuentes after they spoke …

'Sounds like excuses': CNN's Don Lemon grills former Trump official on Nick Fuentes dinner
2 years ago

'Sounds like excuses': CNN's Don Lemon grills former Trump official on Nick Fuentes dinner

Raw Story  

A CNN appearance by a former member of Donald Trump's administration grew testy on Monday morning after host Don Lemon grilled him for his weak defense of the former president dining with notorious anti-Semite Nick Fuentes, with the CNN host stunned since his guest is Jewish himself. RELATED: Trump's problems going 'from bad to worse' with Judge Cannon's 'circus' about …

‘Awful lack of judgment’: Republicans hammer Trump over dinner with white supremacist Nick Fuentes and Kanye West
2 years ago

‘Awful lack of judgment’: Republicans hammer Trump over dinner with white supremacist Nick Fuentes and Kanye West

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The former president is taking fire from all sides over the meeting, partly over …

Anti-Defamation League CEO Makes Blistering Tweak To Trump's Campaign Slogan
2 years ago

Anti-Defamation League CEO Makes Blistering Tweak To Trump's Campaign Slogan

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said Donald Trump is “trying to make America hate again” after the former president admitted to having dinner with a prominent white supremacist days after announcing his 2024 presidential campaign. “For Donald Trump to dine with notorious white supremacists and unrepentant bigots ― I think, at a minimum, it’s clarifying,” Greenblatt said …

White House Slams Trump's Dinner With Kanye West, Holocaust Denier Nick Fuentes
2 years ago

White House Slams Trump's Dinner With Kanye West, Holocaust Denier Nick Fuentes

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The White House strongly denounced former President Donald Trump’s dinner at Mar-a-Lago last week with notorious racist and antisemite Nick Fuentes and Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, whose antisemitic tweets were recently blocked on Twitter. “Holocaust denial is repugnant and dangerous, and it must be forcefully condemned.” When reporters asked President Joe Biden for his opinion …

White House condemns Donald Trump for meeting with white supremacist
2 years ago

White House condemns Donald Trump for meeting with white supremacist

Firstpost  

Trump acknowledged having dinner with Kanye West, also known as Ye, at Mar-a-Lago, and said he brought along friends, one of whom was Nick Fuentes, an outspoken anti-Semite and racist Washington: The White House on Saturday condemned former president Donald Trump for meeting at his Florida estate with a renowned white supremacist and with rapper Kanye West who is embroiled …

White Supremacist Nick Fuentes Spills About Mar-A-Lago Dinner With Trump
2 years ago

White Supremacist Nick Fuentes Spills About Mar-A-Lago Dinner With Trump

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Notorious white supremacist and Holocaust denying right-wing political extremist Nick Fuentes weighed in on his shocking Mar-a-Lago dinner with his “hero” Donald Trump, a man he said he “loves.” “We had a very interesting dinner, which I’m sure you’ve all read about,” Fuentes said Friday on his podcast about the get-together Tuesday with his pal Ye, the …

Trump complains about coverage of his 2-hour meeting with notorious racist he won't condemn
2 years ago

Trump complains about coverage of his 2-hour meeting with notorious racist he won't condemn

Raw Story  

On Saturday evening, Donald Trump issued a fourth statement on his meeting with white nationalist Nick Fuentes and once again refused to denounce his racism and anti-Semitism. "Trump criticized for dining with far-right activist Nick Fuentes and rapper Ye," headlined The Washington Post. "Trump’s Latest Dinner Guest: Nick Fuentes, White Supremacist," was The New York Times headline. "Trump's former US …

Trump faulted for dinner with white nationalist, rapper Ye
2 years ago

Trump faulted for dinner with white nationalist, rapper Ye

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump is renewing attention to his long history of turning a blind eye to bigotry after dining with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist and the rapper formerly known as Kanye West just days into his third campaign for the White House. Trump wrote of Ye on his social media platform that “we got along great, …

Huge hole blown into Trump's claim he didn't know dinner-mate Nick Fuentes
2 years ago

Huge hole blown into Trump's claim he didn't know dinner-mate Nick Fuentes

Raw Story  

During an appearance on MSNBC on Saturday morning, podcast host and political commentator Dean Obeidallah rolled his eyes at Donald Trump's assertion that he didn't know who Nick Fuentes -- a notorious anti-semite and Holocaust-denier -- was when he had dinner with him earlier in the week. In a Truth Social post, Trump bluntly stated: "I didn’t know Nick Fuentes." …

Trump's new Mar-a-Lago scandal proves why aides want him to stick to a teleprompter
2 years ago

Trump's new Mar-a-Lago scandal proves why aides want him to stick to a teleprompter

Raw Story  

As special master Jack Smith investigates Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago documents scandal, he is now in another scandal after dining with white nationalist leader Nick Fuentes and Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. "A Holocaust denier and unabashed racist, Mr. Fuentes openly uses hateful language on his podcast, in recent weeks calling for the military to be sent into …

White House blasts Trump for meeting with white supremacist
2 years ago

White House blasts Trump for meeting with white supremacist

Al Jazeera  

White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates said bigotry, hate, and anti-Semitism have no place in the United States. The White House has condemned former President Donald Trump for meeting at his Florida estate with a prominent white supremacist and rapper Kanye West, who is embroiled in a storm over anti-Jewish remarks. White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates condemned …

Trump’s dinner with Kanye — and another antisemite
2 years ago

Trump’s dinner with Kanye — and another antisemite

LA Times  

White nationalist Nick Fuentes, who dined with former President Trump and Kanye West on Tuesday at Mar-a-Lago. Holocaust denial is repugnant and dangerous, and it must be forcefully condemned.” Trump, in a series of statements Friday, said he had “never met and knew nothing about” Fuentes before he arrived with Ye. He said he had traveled to Florida to ask …

Trump’s own ambassador to Israel condemns him for dining with 'human scum'
2 years ago

Trump’s own ambassador to Israel condemns him for dining with 'human scum'

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's ambassador to Israel on Friday condemned his meeting with two men notorious for spreading anti-Semitism in America. On Friday, Trump released a third statement on the dinner he had with white supremacist leader Nick Fuentes and rapper Kayne West, who legally changed his name to Ye. "To my friend Donald Trump, you are better than this," claimed Friedman, …

Nick Fuentes is a 'nightmare' for Trump in his 2024 battle with DeSantis: longtime advisor
2 years ago

Nick Fuentes is a 'nightmare' for Trump in his 2024 battle with DeSantis: longtime advisor

Raw Story  

Donald Trump significantly harmed his position in his 2024 positioning against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by dining with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes and the rapper formerly known as Kanye West at Mar-a-Lago, a longtime advisor admitted on Friday. On Friday, NBC News reported, "despite Trump’s suggestion the event was “uneventful,” the fallout over his dinner with Fuentes appears to have …

'I like this guy -- he gets me!' New details emerge on Trump's praise of Holocaust denier at Mar-a-Lago dinner
2 years ago

'I like this guy -- he gets me!' New details emerge on Trump's praise of Holocaust denier at Mar-a-Lago dinner

Raw Story  

Axios reporter Jonathan Swan has delivered new details about former President Donald Trump's dinner with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes. Although Trump has tried to downplay his meeting with Fuentes, who came to Mar-a-Lago this week as a guest of anti-Semitic rapper Kanye West, Swan's sources say that the two men hit it off during their dinner discussion. "I really like …

Trump says he had no idea his dinner guest was a notorious Holocaust denier
2 years ago

Trump says he had no idea his dinner guest was a notorious Holocaust denier

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump hosted notorious Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes for dinner this week -- but now he's issued a statement saying he had no idea who Fuentes was before sharing a meal with him. In a statement posted by Axios' Jonathan Swan, Trump emphasized that Fuentes was a guest of rapper Kanye West and not someone whom he'd personally …

Even Breitbart is giving Trump bad press over his dinner with Holocaust denier
2 years ago

Even Breitbart is giving Trump bad press over his dinner with Holocaust denier

Raw Story  

Even some of former President Donald Trump's most loyal media allies are giving him grief for his meeting with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes. Breitbart News, which in 2016 was one of the most pro-Trump news outlets in the right-wing media ecosystem, has published a story that looks critically at Trump's decision to host Fuentes at his Mar-a-Lago resort. "These latest …

Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes 'spoke directly' with Trump at Mar-a-Lago dinner: report
2 years ago

Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes 'spoke directly' with Trump at Mar-a-Lago dinner: report

Raw Story  

Axios' Jonathan Swan is reporting that former President Donald Trump did in fact host Holocaust-denying white nationalist Nick Fuentes during a dinner at Mar-a-Lago this week. Fuentes went to Mar-a-Lago this week along with rapper and fellow anti-Semite Kanye West, who said after the dinner that Trump was "impressed" with Fuentes. "We strongly condemn the virulent antisemitism of Kanye West …

'Just a disaster': Right-wing journalist reacts with horror to Trump's reported meeting with Nick Fuentes
2 years ago

'Just a disaster': Right-wing journalist reacts with horror to Trump's reported meeting with Nick Fuentes

Raw Story  

On Friday, right-wing Washington Examiner political correspondent Byron York took to Twitter to warn that former President Donald Trump's increasingly open fraternization with white nationalists like Nick Fuentes is a crisis for the Republican Party. "Trump, Kanye, Nick Fuentes — No longer a disaster waiting to happen," wrote York. This comes after Fuentes reportedly traveled to Trump's Mar-a-Lago country club …

Kanye West claims Trump screamed at him and said he’d lose 2024 presidential run at Mar-a-Lago dinner
2 years ago

Kanye West claims Trump screamed at him and said he’d lose 2024 presidential run at Mar-a-Lago dinner

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. West, who legally changed his name to Ye, described the chaotic exchange in a …

Kanye West says Trump is ‘really impressed’ with white supremacist Nick Fuentes
2 years ago

Kanye West says Trump is ‘really impressed’ with white supremacist Nick Fuentes

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Kanye West has said Donald Trump is really impressed with …

Trump is 'really impressed' with white supremacist leader Nick Fuentes: Kanye West
2 years ago

Trump is 'really impressed' with white supremacist leader Nick Fuentes: Kanye West

Raw Story  

Kanye West offered a debrief after trekking to Mar-a-Lago with prominent white nationalist Nick Fuentes. The Anti-Defamation League says, "Nicholas Fuentes is a white supremacist leader and organizer and podcaster who seeks to forge a white nationalist alternative to the mainstream GOP. Nicholas Fuentes first gained widespread notoriety in 2017 when he left Boston University after he reported receiving 'threats' …

Pro-Trump 'America First' group splinters over white nationalist leader Nick Fuentes
2 years, 6 months ago

Pro-Trump 'America First' group splinters over white nationalist leader Nick Fuentes

Raw Story  

The antics of far-right extremist Nick Fuentes are leading to the fracturing of America First, a fringe group that was supposed to rival the Conservative Political Action Conference, which Fuentes has viewed as not sufficiently conservative enough. Fuentes worked with what the SPLC calls a "sidekick personality" named Jaden McNeil and "techie" Simon Dickerman, who built the online infrastructure for …

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