Published On 9/11/2025
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The Spanish newspaper El Pais published an article by writer Iker Cesdedos in which he highlighted the worsening division within the camp of supporters of President Donald Trump (the MAGA movement), following the controversy raised by Tucker Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes, who is described as an extremist.
The writer explained that a remarkable dialogue between two prominent figures on the American far right, Nick Fuentes – who believes in white supremacy and admires Hitler, according to Cissedidos – and Tucker Carlson, a former broadcaster on Fox News, ignited in recent days an internal conflict in the “Make America Great Again” movement (MAGA).
Iker Césdedos said that the state of division within MAGA continued to grow before the interview revealed the extent of the deep discrepancies between the various factions within it, far from the aura of reverence for the person of US President Donald Trump.
Violent tremor
The writer stated that the broadcast of the interview caused a violent shock within the Heritage Foundation, one of the most important intellectual centers of the American right.
Both Carlson and Kevin Roberts, the foundation’s director, were accused of whitewashing the speech of Fuentes, who is known for his fascist, racist, and misogynistic ideas, supporting Christian nationalism, and promoting conspiracy theories, according to the writer.
Cedidos pointed out that Carlson faced severe criticism because of the friendly nature of the interview and for allowing Fuentes to declare his admiration for Soviet leader Joseph Stalin without objection.
On the other hand, Roberts found himself at the center of the storm after defending Carlson, before he backed down and apologized without succeeding in containing an internal rebellion that overthrew the anti-Semitism team within the institution, which resigned completely in rejection of his justifications.
The interview touched on the issue of American support for Israel in its war on Gaza, a point that sparked an existential conflict within Maga.
The writer added that the interview touched on the issue of American support for Israel in its war on Gaza, a point that sparked an existential conflict within MAGA, which is trying to reconcile loyalty to Trump and his position of support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the “America First” doctrine that refuses to finance foreign wars.
Cesdedos pointed out that Fuentes – who is followed by more than a million people on the