Trump lashes out at Kanye West as aides rush to reinstate guardrails at Mar-a-Lago - The Independent

The backlash implicit erstwhile president Donald Trump’s pre-Thanksgiving repast with antisemitic rapper Kanye West and achromatic nationalist Nick Fuentes has led the twice-impeached ex-president’s aides to revive a 2020-era measurement utilized to support him from embarrassing himself portion Mr Trump is reportedly blaming the disgraced instrumentalist for the antagonistic press.

According to a root who spoke to NBC News, Mr Trump has directed his choler astatine Mr West, who conscionable 2 years agone waged a third-party statesmanlike run aimed astatine siphoning votes disconnected from Joe Biden to assistance the then-president triumph reelection.

“He tried to f*** me. He’s crazy. He can’t bushed me,” the ex-president said, referring to Mr West’s stated volition to equine different run for the presidency with an oculus towards the 2024 wide election.

According to reports, it was Mr West who brought Mr Fuentes, a Holocaust denier and achromatic nationalist who has agelong been 1 of Mr Trump’s astir vocal supporters, to the ex-president’s Mar-a-Lago nine past week.

NBC reported that the meal was initially expected to beryllium a two-man matter for Mr Trump to beryllium down with his person successful the aftermath of the Mr West’s nationalist expulsion by aggregate concern partners who nary longer wanted to beryllium associated with him pursuing a bid of racist and antisemitic remarks connected societal media and elsewhere.

Instead, Mr West (who present legally goes by the mononym “Ye”) brought a trio of guests including Mr Fuentes, an ex-campaign adjutant Karen Giorno, and online troll, erstwhile Breitbart News staffer Milo Yiannopoulos.

In effect to the astir cosmopolitan and bipartisan outrage from the quality that Mr Trump broke breadstuff with the arguable figures, aides to Mr Trump are making arrangements to support astatine slightest 1 staffer from his nascent statesmanlike run astatine his broadside astatine astir each times.

The determination revives a akin statement that was successful spot during his presidency to support him from coming crossed radical who could bring governmental headaches for him.

While entree to Mr Trump was tightly controlled during his White House years acknowledgment to strict information protocols, astatine his Mar-a-Lago property helium is known to locomotion freely astir and interact with members who wage hundreds of thousands of dollars per twelvemonth for the privilege.

With further reporting by agencies