Rapper Kanye West, left, shakes hands with Then-President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 11, 2018.
But despite Trump suggesting that the event was “uneventful,” the fallout over his dinner with Fuentes appears to have thrown Trump’s 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.
Nick Fuentes, far-right activist, holds a rally at the Lansing Capitol, in Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020.
In addition to Giorno and Fuentes, Ye also brought along another man who was an associate, according to the sources.
Fuentes attended that event, and after Trump said he denounced white supremacy at the rally, Fuentes denounced him for that.
In his video debrief, Ye said that “Trump is really impressed with Nick Fuentes. »