Former President Donald Trump hosted White nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes and rapper Kanye West at his Mar-a-Lago property this week, demonstrating his continued willingness to affiliate with figures who've well-publicised antisemitic views as he embarks on one other White Home run.
West, who has legally modified his title to Ye, posted a video Thursday on Twitter during which he claimed that Trump "is actually impressed with Fuentes," who has repeatedly made antisemitic and racist feedback as chronicled by the Anti-Defamation League.
Fuentes, West stated within the Twitter video, "is definitely a loyalist" to Trump, not like others who he stated deserted the previous president after the 2020 election.
In a textual content message dialog tweeted by West on Thursday, he and Fuentes stated they each met with the previous president.
A supply confirmed to CNN Trump's dinner with Fuentes and West, who turned engulfed in controversy after repeating antisemitic conspiracy theories and making different offensive claims throughout an look on a podcast in October.
Trump acknowledged the dinner in a put up on Fact Social Friday stating: "This previous week, Kanye West known as me to have dinner at Mar-a-Lago".
"Shortly thereafter, he unexpectedly confirmed up with three of his buddies, whom I knew nothing about.
"We had dinner on Tuesday night with many members current on the again patio. The dinner was fast and uneventful. They then left for the airport."
West's current antisemitic remarks triggered firms that he was affiliated with, together with Adidas and Balenciaga, to sever their relationships with him.
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He has made quite a few inflammatory statements through the years, together with assertions that slavery was a "selection" and "racism is a dated idea".
The Anti-Defamation League has recognized Fuentes as a White supremacist and he has been banned from most main social media platforms for his White nationalist rhetoric.
Fuentes was current on the grounds of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and he has promoted Trump's unsubstantiated claims about fraud within the 2020 election.
The Home choose committee investigating the occasions of January 6 issued a subpoena to Fuentes in January.
West tweeted late Tuesday evening that he had saved Trump ready throughout his first go to to Mar-a-Lago resulting from rain and site visitors.
And Proper Wing Watch, a venture of the left-leaning group Folks for the American Means, posted Tuesday footage of West and Fuentes strolling via the Miami airport collectively.
That footage was included within the video West posted on Twitter.