Donald Trump is suddenly being reminded it’s not 2016 and the political tide has changed over the last few years. After announcing his 2024 presidential campaign earlier this month and on the heels of a not-so-red wave in the midterm elections, things are not going well — like, at all.
The first two weeks in the race have already been met with controversy after his very questionable dinner with Kanye West and white nationalist Nick Fuentes. This is just the latest incident as a majority of the Republican Party does its best to distance themselves from the former president. A Donald Trump insider told Politico, “It’s been a disaster.”
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Another GOP official summed up what many are thinking — it’s “pretty damn bad for him right now.” Despite all of the bad headlines, Donald Trump still has a strong voter base and he’s leading in the polls (if you believe in the accuracy of the polls). However, he doesn’t have the social media advantage he had in 2016 and 2020. He’s committed to his Truth Social platform, which is losing users rapidly, but he’s still banned from Meta and has left his Twitter page dormant, despite Elon Musk’s desperate wishes to have him back.
His team is reportedly hoping to get things squared away before the new year and right the ship after several missteps in the first two weeks of his campaign. It’s not a great start for Donald Trump, who really wants to make that White House comeback, even though his own party doesn’t seem to want to claim him.
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The Trump campaign also intends to vet and approve everyone who meets with Trump, per the Associated Press.
Only a few leading Republicans thus far have condemned embattled former President Donald Trump for meeting with Fuentes.
Trump recently hosted Kanye West at a controversial dinner at Mar-a-Lago along with white supremacist Nick Fuentes.
Trump said that Ye's attendance at Mar-a-Lago "would be fun for the members," one of his advisers told NBC News.
"There is no room in the Republican Party for antisemitism or white supremacy and anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view," he said.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson criticized Trump's "failure to condemn" white supremacy after the former president said he didn't know who Nick Fuentes was.
These controversial encounters have rattled the GOP with Kevin McCarthy and Mitt Romney urging other lawmakers to avoid Fuentes.
Cassidy and Collins, both of whom voted to convict Trump after January 6, are among the first GOP senators to weigh in on the dinner.
"This is simply inexcusable that he would have dinner with this noted white nationalist, antisemite Nick Fuentes," former Rep. Dent said of Trump.
Trump said the dinner was intended to host Kanye West at Mar-a-Lago, but the rapper arrived with guests whom Trump said he "knew nothing about."