Overview

• A New York Times profile reports that White House officials and current and former Trump aides refused to speak on the record about Nick Fuentes, citing fear of online attacks from him and his followers.
• Fuentes, a white nationalist who founded the America First Political Action Conference and leads the Groypers, has become a prominent right-wing critic of President Trump.
• Since Elon Musk reinstated his X account roughly 16 months ago, Fuentes’ followers appear to have grown from about 140,000 to more than 750,000, and his Rumble show viewership has quintupled to around 500,000.
• His record includes racist, antisemitic and misogynistic rhetoric, accusations that J.D. Vance betrayed the white race by marrying an Indian-American woman, and a call for a modern-day Spanish Inquisition.
• Historians and conservative commentators warn that his rising prominence is a growing concern even though he has not demonstrated clear electoral influence.