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President Donald Trump said there is no room for antisemitism in the Republican Party during an interview with The New York Times published Monday, adding that the GOP and the MAGA movement dont need people with antisemitic views.Trump was asked by the Times' Tyler Pager about people in the movement who have not condemned antisemitic views from some on the right and whether there was room for antisemitism in the party."No, I dont. I think we dont need them. I think we dont like them," Trump said.Asked whether he would condemn those views, Trump said yes.NIKKI HALEY: AMERICA MUST EXPOSE THE LEFT'S DANGEROUS FALSEHOODS ABOUT ISRAEL"Certainly. Look, if you talk about the antisemitic views, theres been nobody better for us. As an example, I just got the Israel award, which is the biggest award they give. It was just given to me first time it was ever given to anybody outside of Israel," he said.When asked about specific figures such as Nick Fuentes, a White nationalist, Trump said he didnt know him, despite having had dinner with him at Mar-a-Lago in 2022."I had dinner with him, one time, where he came as a guest of Kanye West. I didnt know who he was bringing. He said, 'Do you mind if I bring a friend?' I said, 'I dont care.' And it was Nick Fuentes? I dont know Nick Fuentes," Trump said.VANCE SAYS AMERICA FIRST MOVEMENT REJECTS PURITY TESTS, WELCOMES CRITICAL THINKERSFuentes has praised Hitler as "cool" and has attacked Vice President JD Vances wife, as well as Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, using slurs.Fuentes' remarks came after Ramaswamy criticism of the Holocaust denier at a Turning Point USA event in December."If you believe, and you will forgive me for giving you an exact quote from our online commentator, Nick Fuentes. If you believe that Hitler waspretty f------cool, you have no place in the future of the conservative movement.You can debate foreign aid, Israel all you want.That'sfine.That'sfair. But you have no place with that level of hatred," Ramaswamy said.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURETrump later said he believes Republicans should condemn figures who promote antisemitism."Well, Ill tell you what. From my own personal standpoint, absolutely, because I condemn. I have a daughter whos married to a Jewish person. My daughter happens to be Jewish, beautiful, three grandchildren are Jewish. Im very proud of them. Im very proud of the whole, that whole family. I am the least antisemitic person probably there is anywhere in the world," he said.
