Donald Trump was accused of a “serious lack of judgment” for meeting outspoken anti-Semite Nick Fuentes, with senior Republicans saying the former president was unfit to be the party’s candidate in 2024.
Donald Trump was accused of a “serious lack of judgment” for meeting outspoken anti-Semite Nick Fuentes, with senior Republicans saying the former president was unfit to be the party’s candidate in 2024.
Mr Trump faced a chorus of condemnation as details emerged of last Tuesday’s dinner at Mar-a-Lago, which was also attended by rapper Kanye West – who has also been dropped by major brands for anti-Semitic comments.
Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor, told The New York Times: “This is just another example of an awful lack of judgment from Donald Trump, which, combined with his past poor judgments, make him an untenable general election candidate for the Republican Party in 2024.”
Mr Trump insisted he did not know of Nick Fuentes, a Holocaust-denier banned from Twitter, who was brought along to the dinner by Kanye West.
In a message on his Truth Social media site, the former president said he met with Kanye, “we got along great, he expressed no anti-Semitism, and I appreciated all of the nice things he said about me on Tucker Carlson.
“Why wouldn’t I agree to meet? Also, I didn’t know Nick Fuentes,” Mr Trump wrote.
