Donald Trump referred to Ye as a "seriously troubled man" after dining with the rapper at Mar-a-Lago last week.
It was the third attempt by Trump to backpedal from his meeting with the Holocaust denier and his antisemitic statements.
Trump wrote that he helped a seriously troubled man who was black. Ye has been good to me.
The former president said in the post that he didn't know who Ye was with.
Ye didn't respond to Trump's latest Truth Social message. He has talked about his mental illness and referred to it as a "super power"
Ye said that Trump was very impressed with the man. According to The New York Times, Trump praised the man at the dinner. The former president told the Times that he got him.
In each of the three posts, Trump said he didn't know who Fuentes was.
He hedged on the issue in his interview.
At first, he didn't know that I was at the dinner. It is that way. I don't know if I'm going to say he didn't know me. I don't know about that.
A high-profile right-wing extremists is supported by some of Trump's allies. The lawmakers spoke at the conference. It was widely covered by the media, which was ignored by Trump.
Trump emphasized in a Truth Social post that Ye did not express antisemitism at the dinner. He appreciated all of the nice thingsYe said about him.
Ye said in a video Friday that he asked Trump to be his vice president, and that Trump yelled at him.
Chris Christie told the Times that he was anuntenable candidate for president because of Trump.
Christie said that this was another example of a lack of judgement from Trump.
The chief executive of the Republican Jewish Coalition did not name Trump in his statement, but he did condemn the antisemitism of West and Fuentes.
The Republican Jewish Coalition shared a message from the former U.S. ambassador to Israel.
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