Overview
- Speaking to reporters in Florida, President Trump said you cannot tell Carlson whom to interview and urged that the public should decide after the Fuentes sit‑down.
- Trump added that he does not know much about Fuentes and reiterated that the 2022 Mar‑a‑Lago dinner occurred because Ye brought Fuentes as a guest.
- Nick Fuentes publicly thanked Trump after the comments, which ended weeks of White House silence on the controversy.
- Institutional fallout continued as Princeton professor Robert P. George resigned from the Heritage Foundation board over the think tank’s handling of its defense of Carlson.
- Prominent critics, including Sen. Ted Cruz and the Anti‑Defamation League, condemned the platforming of Fuentes and faulted Trump for declining to denounce the avowed antisemite.