"The president of the United States had a busy weekend. When he wasn't golfing at Mar-a-Lago, excommunicating Marjorie Taylor Greene from the MAGA movement, or executing a bizarre U-turn on the Epstein files, Donald Trump chose to plunge into shark-infested ideological waters by defending Tucker Carlson's right to interview any damn antisemitic white supremacist he felt like interviewing, as the New York Times reported:"
"Arguments over Carlson's friendly interview with Nick Fuentes sharply divided Trump's allies on social media, all but blew up the influential Heritage Foundation, and embarrassed Republican pols, including longtime Carlson buddy J.D. Vance. Fuentes has long been a figure at the far-right fringes of MAGA-land who arouses particular anger among Jews, Israel-loving conservative Evangelicals, and assorted normies shocked to find they are in a coalition with this happily racist dude. It was a fraught subject for Trump to address, as Axios explains:"
"On Sunday, Mr. Trump, speaking of Mr. Carlson as he traveled back to the White House after spending the weekend golfing at Mar-a-Lago, said, "You can't tell him who to interview." The president then insisted that he "didn't know much about" Mr. Fuentes, whom he previously dined with at Mar-a-Lago in 2022, an episode that also caused a furor. If Mr. Carlson wanted to interview Mr. Fuentes, then "get the word out," Mr. Trump said. "People have to decide. Ultimately people have to decide.""
President Trump spent a weekend at Mar-a-Lago that included golfing, sidelining Marjorie Taylor Greene, and reversing course on Epstein files. He publicly defended Tucker Carlson's decision to interview Nick Fuentes and insisted people should decide for themselves, while claiming limited knowledge of Fuentes despite dining with him in 2022. Carlson's interview with Fuentes sharply split Trump allies, destabilized the Heritage Foundation, and embarrassed Republican politicians such as J.D. Vance. Fuentes occupies the far-right fringes of MAGA and provokes anger among Jews, Israel-supporting conservative Evangelicals, and other conservatives alarmed by his racist views.
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