Donald Trump’s political bruising in response to his meeting with one of America’s most prominent racists only grew worse due to his unwillingness to take advice from his own advisers and condemn the man’s views, according to a new report.
The Guardian reported on Monday that Mr Trump’s advisers pleaded with him in the hours and days after his meeting with Kanye West to condemn Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist and antisemite famous in far-right circles and loathed by the left for his frequently espoused racist and anti-Jewish views. Mr Fuentes attended Mr West’s meeting with the former president at Mar-a-Lago, alongside another highly controversial figure: Mr West’s campaign manager, ex-Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos, who was banned from Twitter for racist tweets about comedian Leslie Jones.
