metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
I don't know, but she is now distancing herself from her father by publicly stating that she will not get involved in his campaign.
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Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago dinner guest:
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Guitar's Cry
Disciple of Pan
The problem is he has a habit of associating with folks like "that guy." Whether Trump has the same beliefs as the folks he associates with is irrelevant in a way. He clearly uses this association in order to endear himself to those who hold this ideology.
At some point, it becomes ridiculous to listen to his excuses and pretend that he is ignorant of this connection.
We Never Know
No Slack
Has anyone else wondered why black rapper Kanye West was hanging out with white nationalist Nick Fuentes?
I don't expect it to make sense.
SkepticThinker
Veteran Member
Do you regularly invite white supremacists to your dinner table? You know, just to shoot the breeze and share ideas?
I don't know about you, but I'm not much interested in what bigots have to say.
SkepticThinker
Veteran Member
Attention.
Yeah, I sort of wondered about that myself, although I guess he now calls himself a "Christian nationalist," although even the jargon is a bit screwy. "Nationalist" refers to "nation" and "nationality," but Christian is not a nationality. It's probably closer to "American nationalism," related to the overall "America First" position, though it's hard to characterize because there's so many disjointed elements which make it up.
Employing these other terms does not mean he isn’t a white nationalist. As far as I know he is a avowed white nationalist, even if he has also used the term Christian nationalist.
Nick Fuentes - Wikipedia
This guy is every bad thing you can think of. A racist white supremacist, a anti-Semitic Islamophobic religious bigot, a white nationalist xenophobe, a misogynistic incel and and anti-lgbtq bigot. And he is out in the open about all this because he is also a troll.
The point is, they can call themselves whatever they want. The labels seem to be a large part of the argument, and I agree with your second paragraph. There definitely is an ultra-far-right malignant element to it all - nationalistic, fascistic, anti-Semitic, bigoted. But it also ostensibly uses elements of Americanism, "America First," Christianity to try to pull in a wider audience directed a sub-section of America which gravitates towards that message anyway. American history itself also contains a great deal of bigotry, racism, nationalism, and of course, Christian history also contains similar elements as well.
I don't know if this explains why a white nationalist is hanging out with Kanye West - or why Trump is hanging out with either of them.
Why Nick is hanging out with Kanye? Because Kanye is famous and Nick can exploit that for a publicity. Why is Kanye hanging out with Nick? I don't know, maybe mental illness.
Trump invited these guys because Trump is an idiot and a bigot, these horrible ideas appeal to Trump.