What sparked the MAGA civil war when Tucker Carlson platformed Nick Fuentes?
Tara Palmeri sits down with Richard Hanania, a former white nationalist turned MAGA skeptic and author at richardhanania.substack.com, to dissect the GOP's internal fracture over white nationalism's rise. From Trump's 2015 elevator speech to dinner with Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago, Hanania traces how anti-immigration dog whistles invited extremists preaching America for "heritage" whites only, reshaping influencers like Charlie Kirk and policy on H-1B visas. They explore plausible deniability's collapse, JD Vance's family vulnerabilities in 2028 primaries, tech elites' online radicalization, and whether ethno-populism now defines the party post-Trump—plus parallels to Europe's immigration backlash and the left's brewing moderation.
How deep has white nationalism infiltrated the Republican Party, and who wins the post-Trump fight?
Richard Hanania's substack:
https://www.richardhanania.com/
Tara Palmeri is one of the most feared and fearless reporters covering power and politics. She has 15 years of experience covering national politics and foreign affairs. She was formerly a White House Correspondent for ABC News where she covered the first Trump administration. She was the chief National Correspondent for POLITICO during the Biden administration. She has been a political analyst for CNBC, CBS and CNN. She started her career as a columnist for the Washington Examiner and then went on to report for the New York Post. She was a foreign correspondent for POLITICO Europe, where she covered international affairs, including Brexit. She hosted the Ringer's political podcast "Somebody's Gotta Win" and wrote a column for Puck. Tara also hosted two acclaimed podcasts on Jeffrey Epstein, "Broken: Jeffrey Epstein" and "Power: The Maxwells." Tara currently hosts the Tara Palmeri Show.
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Inside the MAGA Civil War: How White Nationalism Took Hold
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to the Tara Palmeri Show
03:14 Richard Hanania joins the Tara Palmeri Show
04:25 Trump dines with Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago
06:35 White nationalists enter Trump orbit
08:24 Ted Cruz strikes against Tucker
10:09 Plausible deniability crumbles
12:23 Hanania's white nationalist past
14:09 Non-whites lead white nationalism
16:35 Catholicism's appeal to groypers
18:21 Election shifts among Hispanics
20:31 JD Vance panders to groypers
22:35 Vance's Hillbilly Elegy contradictions
24:39 MAGA devolves into ethno-nationalism
26:28 Vivek Ramaswamy fades post-election
28:34 Trump moderates online extremism
30:21 Israel rift in MAGA movement
32:44 Post-Trump foreign policy fights
34:38 GOP circus in 2028 primaries
37:22 Brexit parallels to immigration backlash
40:17 Hanania regrets Trump support
42:34 Vance as wild card successor
45:06 Right co-opts left's victimhood
47:51 Thanks for watching the Tara Palmeri Show
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