Overview
- Speaking to reporters in West Palm Beach on Sunday, President Trump said Tucker Carlson should choose his own guests and urged, "get the word out," about the Nick Fuentes interview.
- Trump added that he does not know much about Fuentes and reiterated that he was unaware Fuentes would attend a 2022 Mar-a-Lago dinner with Ye.
- Nick Fuentes praised the remarks, posting "Thank you Mr. President!" to his followers on X.
- The controversy continues to divide Republicans, with figures such as Sen. Ted Cruz criticizing the platforming while others frame Carlson’s choice as a free‑speech matter for the audience to judge.
- Institutional fallout escalated as Princeton professor Robert P. George resigned from the Heritage Foundation board over Kevin Roberts’ defense of Carlson, following earlier resignations from the group’s antisemitism task force.