Trump attacks Jewish leaders for 'lack of loyalty' amid fallout from controversial dinner with 'deranged antisemite' Kanye West and white supremacist Nick Fuente

• Donald Trump accused Jewish leaders of a lack of loyalty and claimed he was the best president for Israel.
• Trump has been widely criticized for having dinner with Nick Fuentes and Ye, who have made antisemitic comments.

Former President Donald Trump accused Jewish leaders of a "lack of loyalty" as he continues to face criticism for his controversial dinner with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes and Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, who has made a series of antisemitic statements.

Trump made the comment on Truth Social while linking to an article in The Gateway Pundit by Wayne Allyn Root, a Jewish conservative commentator, who defended Trump over the Mar-a-Lago dinner.

"How quickly Jewish Leaders forgot that I was the best, by far, President for Israel," Trump wrote. "They should be ashamed of themselves. This lack of loyalty to their greatest friends and allies is why large numbers in Congress, and so many others, have stopped giving support to Israel."

Trump has often claimed to have been the most pro-Israel US president, touting policies including moving the US embassy to Jerusalem and withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, and has several times criticized Jewish people for not voting for him.

The former president has drawn criticism from even his own party, such as from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, after his dinner with Ye and Fuentes.

Private emails from some members of the Republican National Committee also revealed their horror at the dinner.

New York Rep. Lee Zeldin, one of the few Republican Jewish members of Congress, condemned the rapper in a statement.

"Kanye West is a deranged antisemite. I want absolutely nothing to do with that lunatic. He's totally bad news," POLITICO reported.

Trump has repeatedly claimed that he did not know who Fuentes was prior to meeting him and has blamed Ye, who he called a "seriously troubled man," for inviting him.

Israeli Prime Minister-Designate Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he hoped Trump, his longtime ally, would condemn antisemitism following the dinner.

Trump, whose daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner are Jewish, has previously been called out for using antisemitic tropes himself.

In November, before the controversial dinner, Trump admitted that Ye had made "rough statements" but resisted calls to condemn him, saying he was "very sharp" and that he was "impressed by a lot of what he said."

Ye recently lost billions of dollars in brand deals following his antisemitic comments and other controversial behavior.

Since the dinner with Trump, Ye has made even more explicitly antisemitic comments, including saying that he likes Hitler and denying the Holocaust.