Far-right influencer Nick Fuentes, who is no stranger to controversy, has turned on President Donald Trump after the latter attacked his own supporters for their continued interest in the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Newsweek reached out to the White House via email outside of normal business hours on Thursday evening.
Why It Matters
Epstein, a sex offender, died in a New York City jail in 2019 while awaiting sex trafficking charges. The disgraced financier had well-documented connections to powerful figures, and his death has long prompted numerous conspiracy theories.
Rumors of a “client list” have long circulated online, and during Trump’s successful bid for reelection in 2024, he suggested that if voters returned him to the White House, he would release a list of individuals associated with Epstein.
Trump’s FBI and Department of Justice last week released a memo that found “no incriminating ‘client list'” in relation to Epstein, and Trump has urged his supporters to move on and celebrate the many wins he scored in the first six months of his second administration.
His supporters continued to call for the release of files related to the Epstein investigation, and then grew critical of how Trump and his administration have handled the issue. In a lengthy message posted on Truth Social earlier this week, Trump went on to hit back at MAGA voters, saying they have “bought into this … hook, line, and sinker,” calling them “weaklings,” and then insisting, “I don’t want their support anymore!”
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What To Know
During Wednesday night’s episode of the America First podcast, Fuentes responded to Trump’s post, sharing a number of four-lettered words for the president, starting off with a strong: “F*** you. You suck.”
“You are fat, you are a joke, you are stupid, you are not funny, you are not as smart as you think you are,” Fuentes said, later adding, “This entire thing has been a scam.”
“When we look back on the history of populism in America, we are going to look back on the MAGA movement as the biggest scam in history,” Fuentes said. “And the liberals were right. The MAGA supporters were had. They were.”
“When we look back in history, we will see Trump as a scam artist who served as a vehicle for this rather than the other way around. We were not the vehicle for Trump, Trump was the vehicle for all of us,” Fuentes added.
Fuentes has faced backlash for multiple controversial comments, like when he said “your body, my choice” while celebrating Trump’s 2024 victory on election night. His address leaked online shortly afterward amid the backlash.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has described Fuentes as a “white nationalist livestreamer who advocates pulling the Republican Party further to the extreme far-right” and an “admirer of fascists.” He has made repeated antisemitic and racist remarks and has been banned from several social media platforms.
He was previously a supporter of Trump and was a vocal ally during the “Stop the Steal” movement following Trump’s loss to Biden in 2020. He also famously dined with Trump and Kanye West in 2022 at Mar-a-Lago.
However, he ultimately did not endorse Trump in 2024 and criticized the MAGA movement as “a cult,” saying the movement had “gone too far” and is “Frankenstein’s monster” that has become “a problem.”
What People Are Saying
Trump on Wednesday in a Truth Social post: “The Radical Left Democrats have hit pay dirt, again! Just like with the FAKE and fully discredited Steele Dossier, the lying 51 “Intelligence” Agents, the Laptop from Hell, which the Dems swore had come from Russia (No, it came from Hunter Biden‘s bathroom!), and even the Russia, Russia, Russia Scam itself, a totally fake and made up story used in order to hide Crooked Hillary Clinton‘s big loss in the 2016 Presidential Election, these Scams and Hoaxes are all the Democrats are good at – It’s all they have – They are no good at governing, no good at policy, and no good at picking winning candidates.
“Also, unlike Republicans, they stick together like glue. Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this “bull****,” hook, line, and sinker. They haven’t learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years. I have had more success in 6 months than perhaps any President in our Country’s history, and all these people want to talk about, with strong prodding by the Fake News and the success starved Dems, is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax.
“Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore! Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”