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New York Times
03-06-2025
- General
- New York Times
As Trump Says He's Stamping Out Antisemitism, He Advances Similar Tropes
In the Oval Office one day last week, President Trump renewed his no-holds-barred attack on the nation's oldest university. 'They're totally antisemitic at Harvard,' he declared. Just 10 hours later, he posted an image of himself striding down a street with the caption, 'He's on a mission from God and nothing can stop what is coming.' Shown in the shadows, watching with approval, was a cartoon figure commonly seen as an antisemitic symbol. The appearance of the figure, the alt-right mascot Pepe the Frog, was the latest example of Mr. Trump's extensive history of amplifying white supremacist figures and symbols, even as he now presents himself as a champion for Jewish students oppressed by what he says is a wave of hatred on American college campuses. As a younger man, Mr. Trump kept a book of Adolf Hitler's speeches in a cabinet by his bed, according to his first wife. During his first term as president, he expressed admiration for some aspects of the Nazi Führer's leadership, according to his chief White House aide at the time. In the past few years, he has dined at his Florida estate with a Holocaust denier while his New Jersey golf club has hosted events at which a Nazi sympathizer spoke. Since reclaiming the White House, Mr. Trump has brought into his orbit and his administration people with records of advancing antisemitic tropes, including a spokeswoman at the Pentagon. His vice president, secretary of state and top financial backer have offered support to a far-right German political party that has played down atrocities committed by the Nazis. And just last week, Mr. Trump picked a former right-wing podcaster who has defended a prominent white supremacist to head the Office of Special Counsel. Even some prominent critics of Harvard's handling of antisemitism on its campus find Mr. Trump to be an unpalatable and unconvincing ally. In their view, his real motivations in using the power of the federal government to crush Harvard, seen by the political right as a bastion of America's liberal, multicultural order, have little to do with concern about a hostile environment for Jewish students. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Times
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
Reform UK club in Blackpool hosted hard-right events for decade
The owners of a new Reform Party pub in Blackpool hosted hard-right events in the venue for up to a decade, it can be revealed. Senior party members hailed the Talbot as a sign of the groundswell of support in Tory heartlands, pointing to the venue's near 82-year history as a Conservative club. However, the current owners, who took over the pub in 2009, have a history of renting out space to music events that campaigners claim include hard-right acts. Its owners also planned to host a 'white victims of multiculturalism' event in 2018, which promised political speeches by neo-Nazi campaigners and a Holocaust denier, but cancelled it due to a backlash. Reform won more than 600 council seats at the local elections, leading the
