"Trump’s dinner disaster sparks new rules for his campaign
By JILL COLVIN

FILE - Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for
president for the third time at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15,
2022. Trump had dinner Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, at his Mar-a-Lago club
with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, who is now known as Ye, as
well as Nick Fuentes, a far-right activist who has used his online
platform to spew antisemitic and white supremacist rhetoric. (AP
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is betting he can win his way back to the
White House by reviving the outsider appeal that fueled his success in 2016.

But his dinner with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist and a rapper
who has spewed antisemitic conspiracies is demonstrating the risks of
that approach. It underscores the dangers of his limited campaign
operation and leaves the former president subject to stinging criticism
from fellow Republicans who increasingly see him as a liability for
their party after a lackluster showing in this year’s midterm elections.

In an acknowledgment of the severity of the backlash and an effort to
prevent a repeat, Trump’s campaign is putting new protocols in place to ensure that those who meet with him are approved and fully vetted,
according to people familiar with the plans who requested anonymity to
share internal strategy. The changes will include expediting a system,
borrowed from Trump’s White House, in which a senior campaign official
will be present with him at all times, according to one of the people."

"https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-entertainment-racial-injustice-government-and-politics-1d5fc88833c418b39550a77502e5bcc3

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