Nicole Hester / / Ann Arbor News via AP file Nick Fuentes, far-right activist, holds a rally at the Lansing Capitol, in Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, Nov. In addition to Giorno and Fuentes, Ye also brought along another man who was an associate, according to the sources. She was the Trump campaign's Florida director in 2016 and the former president knows her by name and sight, the sources said. 'If people are looking at DeSantis to run against Trump, here's another reason why.'Īll three sources familiar with the dinner told NBC News there was one glaring inaccuracy in Trump’s statement: Trump knew one of the three “friends” brought by the rapper, Karen Giorno. 'This is a f-ing nightmare,' said one longtime Trump adviser who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of stoking the former president's ire at 'disloyal' people who criticize him. Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg via Getty Images fileĮven the two Trump advisers winced at how a Holocaust denier like Fuentes was able to wind up with Trump at dinner - even if it was by mistake - along with the rapper, who had just had his Twitter account restored but lost major endorsement deals for making antisemitic remarks. Rapper Kanye West, left, shakes hands with Then-President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. The former president took hours to respond publicly after multiple media outlets reported that Fuentes was present at the dinner. But despite Trump suggesting that the event was “uneventful,” the fallout over his dinner with Fuentes appears to have thrown Trump’s campaign into damage control mode.

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