White House blasts Trump for meeting with white supremacist

 

 

 

WASHINGTON — The White House on Saturday condemned former president Donald Trump for meeting at his Florida estate with a renowned white supremacist and with rapper Kanye West who is embroiled in a storm over anti-Semitic remarks.

Trump acknowledged having dinner with West, who now is known as Ye, on Tuesday night at Mar-a-Lago, and said he brought along friends, one of whom was Nick Fuentes, an outspoken anti-Semite and racist.

“I didn’t know Nick Fuentes,” Trump posted on his Truth Social account late Friday.

White House deputy press secretary Andrews Bates condemned Trump’s meeting with Fuentes.

“Bigotry, hate, and anti-Semitism have abso…

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