Overview
- Speaking to reporters in West Palm Beach on Sunday, Trump said Tucker Carlson should be free to interview Nick Fuentes and urged him to "get the word out" so "people have to decide."
- He said he does not know much about Fuentes and reiterated he was unaware Fuentes would attend a 2022 Mar-a-Lago dinner as a guest of Ye.
- During the exchange, Trump cut off an interrupting journalist, called her "the worst," asked if she was with Bloomberg, and then continued his answer.
- Carlson’s late-October sit-down with Fuentes drew rebukes from Republican figures and triggered resignations and a later apology from Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts.
- Critics, including Ben Shapiro, accused Carlson of normalizing a white nationalist and antisemite, while others argued that interviewing controversial figures lets the public judge.