{"id":516081,"date":"2022-11-26T00:24:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T21:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/trump-team-does-damage-control-after-he-dines-with-ye-and-white-supremacist-nick-fuentes\/"},"modified":"2022-11-26T00:24:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T21:24:25","slug":"trump-team-does-damage-control-after-he-dines-with-ye-and-white-supremacist-nick-fuentes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-team-does-damage-control-after-he-dines-with-ye-and-white-supremacist-nick-fuentes\/","title":{"rendered":"#Trump team does damage control after he dines with Ye and white supremacist Nick Fuentes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41409f05333\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41409f05333\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-team-does-damage-control-after-he-dines-with-ye-and-white-supremacist-nick-fuentes\/#Trump_team_does_damage_control_after_he_dines_with_Ye_and_white_supremacist_Nick_Fuentes\" >Trump team does damage control after he dines with Ye and white supremacist Nick Fuentes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Trump_team_does_damage_control_after_he_dines_with_Ye_and_white_supremacist_Nick_Fuentes\"><\/span>Trump team does damage control after he dines with Ye and white supremacist Nick Fuentes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">Former President Donald Trump distanced himself Friday from a pre-Thanksgiving dinner at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and white supremacist Nick Fuentes, claiming he didn\u2019t know the identity of the far-right activist who was unexpectedly brought along with the r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThis past week, Kanye West called me to have dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Shortly thereafter, he unexpectedly showed up with three of his friends, whom I knew nothing about,\u201d Trump said Friday in a statement on his Truth <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a> platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe had dinner on Tuesday evening with many members present on the back patio. The dinner was quick and uneventful,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThey then left for the airport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A person familiar with the dinner conversation who is not involved in Trump&#8217;s presidential campaign and two Trump advisers briefed on the dinner corroborated Trump&#8217;s claim that he didn&#8217;t know Fuentes&#8217; identity when they dined together. The three sources spoke on condition on anonymity due to the nature of the controversy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But despite Trump\u2019s suggestion the event was \u201cuneventful,\u201d the fallout over his dinner with Fuentes appears to have thrown Trump\u2019s campaign into damage control mode. The former president took hours to respond publicly after multiple media outlets reported that Fuentes was present at the dinner. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Even the two Trump advisers winced at how a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/blog\/nicholas-j-fuentes-five-things-to-know\">Holocaust denier<\/a> like Fuentes was able to wind up with Trump at dinner \u2014 even if it was by mistake \u2014 along with the rapper, who had just had his Twitter account restored but lost major endorsement deals for making anti-Semitic remarks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__yAWZ0 styles_medium__OMa6x\"><picture class=\"styles_image__1qciH\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-1120w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2022-11\/220119-nick-fuentes-ew-540p-f4dc68.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2022-11\/220119-nick-fuentes-ew-540p-f4dc68.jpg 1x\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-1520w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2022-11\/220119-nick-fuentes-ew-540p-f4dc68.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2022-11\/220119-nick-fuentes-ew-540p-f4dc68.jpg 1x\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2022-11\/220119-nick-fuentes-ew-540p-f4dc68.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Fuentes, far right activist, holds a rally at the Lansing Capitol, in Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020.\" height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__Pe5JC\"><span class=\"caption__container\">Nick Fuentes, far right activist, holds a rally at the Lansing Capitol, in Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020.<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\">Nicole Hester \/ Mlive.com \/ Ann Arbor <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> via AP file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;This is a f&#8212;ing nightmare,&#8221; said one longtime Trump adviser who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of stoking the former president&#8217;s ire at &#8220;disloyal&#8221; people who criticize him. &#8220;If people are looking at [Florida Gov. Ron] DeSantis to run against Trump, here&#8217;s another reason why.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">All three sources familiar with the dinner told NBC News there was one glaring inaccuracy in Trump\u2019s statement: Trump knew one of the three \u201cfriends\u201d brought by the rapper, Karen Giorno. She was the Trump campaign&#8217;s Florida director in 2016 and the former president knows her by name and sight, the sources said. In addition to Giorno and Fuentes, Ye also brought along another man who was an associate, according to the sources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The source familiar with the dinner conversation said the dinner grew heated after Ye \u2014 who announced another run for president in 2024 on Thursday \u2014 asked Trump to be his running mate. Trump then began insulting Ye\u2019s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, according to the source and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kanyewest\/status\/1595965974293118979\">a video<\/a> that Ye posted to Twitter on Thanksgiving Day recounting the dinner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The source also said Fuentes is helping advise Ye in his second presidential campaign. The rapper has said the campaign would be managed by Milo Yiannopoulos, a far-right provocateur and former Breitbart editor who was banned in 2016 for inciting a racist campaign against comedian Leslie Jones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ye, Fuentes and Yiannopoulos declined to comment on the dinner.<\/p>\n<section class=\"inline-video inline-video--in-body\">\n<div class=\"inline-video__background\">\n<div class=\"inline-video__player\">\n<div class=\"videoPlayer styles_videoPlayer__hWpgx styles_adNotPlaying__yQRQY styles_alignDesktopBottom__p456K styles_alignMobileBottom__vA8hP\">\n<div class=\"videoSlate\"><picture class=\"\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1240px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-860x484,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2022_11\/1667480413455_now_mnn_ye_antisemitic_settlement_221103_1920x1080-3mqj80.jpg\"><\/source><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-1000x563,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2022_11\/1667480413455_now_mnn_ye_antisemitic_settlement_221103_1920x1080-3mqj80.jpg\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-760x428,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2022_11\/1667480413455_now_mnn_ye_antisemitic_settlement_221103_1920x1080-3mqj80.jpg\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"\">Details about the dinner began to emerge on Twitter Wednesday when a Politico reporter <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meridithmcgraw\/status\/1595526564271251473\">tweeted<\/a> that Ye and Fuentes had been spotted at Mar-a-Lago. The conservative website <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timcast.com\/news\/exclusive-details-ye-brings-nick-fuentes-and-karen-giorno-to-dinner-with-trump\/\">Timcast <\/a>confirmed Fuentes&#8217;s presence at the dinner, followed by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/11\/25\/trump-nick-fuentes-ye-kanye\">Axios. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The porous nature of Mar-a-Lago, where anyone with connections can run into Trump, has long been a concern of his advisers. It\u2019s also helped land Trump in the sights of a federal investigation after the FBI in August executed a search warrant at the club in search of documents marked classified that the federal government says Trump should not have possessed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Trump\u2019s statement on Truth Social did not disavow anti-Semitism or racism, but his campaign in a follow-up message pointed to Trump\u2019s support of Israel, the Abraham Accords Middle East peace deal his administration reached and his opposition to anti-Semitism in Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But Trump has also <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/10\/17\/trump-history-antisemitic-tropes\/\">embraced<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/10\/17\/trump-history-antisemitic-tropes\/\">anti-Semitic tropes<\/a> and figures, implying that American Jews have dual loyalty to Israel and saying that there were &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2020\/05\/08\/very-fine-people-charlottesville-who-were-they-2\/\">very fine people on both sides<\/a>&#8221; at the white supremacist &#8220;Unite the Right&#8221; rally in Charlottesville, Va. in 2017. Fuentes attended that event and, after Trump said he denounced white supremacy at the rally, Fuentes\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1196606218036494336\">denounced<\/a>\u00a0him for that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In his video debrief, Ye said that \u201cTrump is really impressed with Nick Fuentes. Nick Fuentes \u2014 unlike so many of the lawyers and so many people that he was left with on his 2020 campaign \u2014 he\u2019s actually a loyalist [for Trump].\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The source independent of Trump\u2019s campaign said Trump had planned to dine privately with Ye at Mar-a-Lago\u2019s library but he then said they should eat outside on the public patio. The former president also invited the others along.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The subject of racism and anti-Semitism didn\u2019t come up and Fuentes \u201cpresented as statistician. He was very knowledgeable of polls and Trump\u2019s campaign. Trump was very impressed but Trump didn\u2019t know who he was,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<section class=\"inline-video inline-video--in-body\">\n<div class=\"inline-video__background\">\n<div class=\"inline-video__player\">\n<div class=\"videoPlayer styles_videoPlayer__hWpgx styles_adNotPlaying__yQRQY styles_alignDesktopBottom__p456K styles_alignMobileBottom__vA8hP\">\n<div class=\"videoSlate\"><picture class=\"\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1240px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-860x484,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2022_11\/1669084012585_now_topstory_gha_trump_vs_gop_221121_1920x1080-9xs6r2.jpg\"><\/source><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-1000x563,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2022_11\/1669084012585_now_topstory_gha_trump_vs_gop_221121_1920x1080-9xs6r2.jpg\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-760x428,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2022_11\/1669084012585_now_topstory_gha_trump_vs_gop_221121_1920x1080-9xs6r2.jpg\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"\">Trump asked Fuentes about his 2024 announcement speech the week before and Fuentes criticized Trump for being too &#8220;teleprompter&#8221; scripted and having low energy,<strong> <\/strong>the source said. Fuentes and West, the source added, also said Trump should have issued a blanket pardon for everyone involved in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, which Ye\u2019s video debrief also mentioned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Trump also mentioned his adviser, Jason Miller, to Fuentes, who criticized the veteran operative for now running the social media site Gettr, which has banned Fuentes, according to a copy of a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kanyewest\/status\/1595995970969382913\">group text message exchange<\/a> that Ye posted to Twitter Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Trump\u2019s Truth Social platform, however, has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/02\/27\/truth-social-verifies-white-nationalist-fuentes-trump\">verified Fuentes<\/a> as a notable user.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">At a certain point, the conversation turned tense and Trump began making his critical remarks about Ye\u2019s ex, Kardashian. \u201cThat\u2019s the mother of my children,\u201d Ye protested, according to his video debrief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Trump then grew animated about Ye challenging him. \u201cYou\u2019re not going to win. You can\u2019t beat me,\u201d Trump told Ye, the source said. \u201cNick, you work for the guy, and just because you work for him, you\u2019re going to tell him he can beat me? You just got finished telling me I was the best president ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ye said in his video debrief that Trump was angry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">\u201cWhen Trump started basically screaming at me at the table telling me I was going to lose, I mean, has that ever worked for anyone in history?\u201d the rapper said. \u201cI\u2019m like hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, Trump. You\u2019re talkin\u2019 to Ye.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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