Trump defends Kanye West amid criticism of rapper's antisemitic rants

Former President Donald Trump refused to condemn rapper Kanye West’s antisemitic rant against son-in-law Jared Kushner and other Jews. Brushing aside complaints from hate speech watchdogs, Trump staunchly defended the rapper on Tuesday, who now goes by the name Ye, as a loyal supporter of him and MAGA Republicans. “He was really nice to me. Beyond anybody, he was,” Trump said in a new interview. “He was great to me.” Trump kept on dodging questions even when pressed about Kanye West’s assertion that Kushner only brokered the Abraham Accord peace deal between Israel and some Arab states because...