Posted on 11/25/2022 5:05:51 PM PST by GulliverSwift
Former President Donald Trump confirmed Friday he met this week with Ye — the rapper formerly known as Kanye West — and far-right activist Nick Fuentes, whom the Justice Department has called a “white supremacist.”
Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he was not expecting Fuentes to attend the dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort and claimed he didn’t know anything about Fuentes, who led “Stop the Steal” rallies after the 2020 presidential election in support of Trump’s false claims about widespread fraud.
“This past week, Kanye West called me to have dinner at Mar-a-Lago,” said Trump, who is running for president again in 2024. “Shortly thereafter, he unexpectedly showed up with three of his friends, whom I knew nothing about. We had dinner on Tuesday evening with many members present on the back patio. The dinner was quick and uneventful. They then left for the airport.”
Trump’s acknowledgement of the dinner followed reports from The Daily Beast and the entertainment website Consequence as well as a social media video posted by Ye describing the dinner.
In the video, Ye said he asked Trump to be his running mate in the 2024 presidential election, which Trump was “perturbed about,” according to the rapper.
Ye claimed 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?” Ye said. “I'm like, ‘Whoa, whoa, hold on, hold on, Trump. You're talking to Ye.’”
The rapper also implied that Trump made a derogatory about Ye’s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, and that the former president “is really impressed with Nick Fuentes.”
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(”Ye said. “I’m like, ‘Whoa, whoa, hold on, hold on, Trump. You’re talking to Ye.’”)
I’m in need of ye olde aspirin now......
Yeah seems like a setup. Any white against the establishment is labeled a supremacist. The establishment is so evil.
If Trump is not openly insulting Ron DeSantis and other right wing conservatives, then he’s having dinner with morons and antisemites.
Not good.
This report was also posted at Breitbart. Is that a rag also?
The Holocaust and what someone believes about it has nothing to do with the America first movement.
Antisemites, and racists are NOT welcome in the movement. END OF STORY.
What do you mean by setup? Genuinely curious.
So what?
Quick runaround in circles and ask the left what you can and can’t do.
White nationalist named Fuentes?
Oh no, Trump might lose the jewish vote now.
You don’t have to look far to find videos of Fuentes mocking the Holocaust and proclaiming his admiration for Mussolini. We don’t need “friends” like that.
The GOP won 33 percent of the Jewish vote, DeSantis won in the upper 40’s.
Oh noes Trump ate with someone, the horror
They sure had better not be. For Trump’s sake. Some things are simply not acceptable.
Jesus dined with whom? He was painted as wrong just for association. No man should fear association with others. No man need embrace another man’s wrongs in so doing.
What in the hell difference does it make WHO Trump is friends with they have been SCREAMING since 2014 when he got the nomination he’s an antisemite, a racist, a Russian asset doesn’t make a damn bit of difference WHO THE HELL Trump hangs out with!!!
I agree. I think the guy is in deep need of some help. But, whatever. It’s all about clicks.
I agree. Trump loves to hobnob with the rich and powerful and meeting Fuentes was a stupid and arrogant decision.
Trump’s political skills are terrible, his policies were great. We need a more skilled operator to beat the pinks and reds, and there enablers.
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