Trump economic adviser hosted ‘white nationalist’ website founder

Director of the United States National Economic Council, Larry Kudlow, hosted the publisher of an infamous ‘white nationalist’ website at a social gathering over the weekend.

Kudlow confirmed in a Tuesday statement to The Washington Post that Peter Brimelow, founder of the anti-immigration website, VDare, was in attendance to his birthday party.

Donald Trump’s economic advisor said he and Brimelow have been good friends for some time and met years ago when they both worked as financial journalists.

Kudlow further claimed he had no knowledge of Brimelow’s controversial website, despite having a professional and personal relationship with him.

‘If I had known this, we would never have invited him… I’m disappointed and saddened to hear about it,’ Kudlow told the Post.

This comes days after a speechwriter for Trump was terminated from his White House position after he admitted that he gave a speech at a white nationalist conference in 2016.

National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow takes part in a Cabinet meeting on August 16, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Kudlow admitted he hosted Peter Brimelow, the founder of an anti-immigration website, at a party over the weekend

Brimelow, founder of vdare.com, speaks to supporters at an Alt Right conference hosted by the National Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. on November 18, 2016

Brimelow, founder of vdare.com, speaks to supporters at an Alt Right conference hosted by the National Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. on November 18, 2016

(L-R) Richard Spencer, Brimelow, Jared Taylor and 'Millenial Woes' (only name provided by man) fielded questions from supporters at an Alt Right  conference hosted by the National Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. on November 18, 2016

(L-R) Richard Spencer, Brimelow, Jared Taylor and ‘Millenial Woes’ (only name provided by man) fielded questions from supporters at an Alt Right conference hosted by the National Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. on November 18, 2016

CNN Politics reported that as of last week, Darren Beattie’s email account had been deactivated after his involvement with the H.L. Mencken Club Conference was revealed.

‘Mr Beattie no longer works at the White House,’ White House spokesman Hogan Gidley confirmed in a statement to CNN. 

The policy aide stood alongside Brimelow for a supporting speech at the conference.

‘In 2016, I attended the Mencken conference in question and delivered a stand-alone, academic talk titled ‘The Intelligentsia and the Right,'” Beattie told CNN on Saturday.

‘I said nothing objectionable and stand by my remarks completely.’

Trump speechwriter Darren Beattie (pictured above) was fired, according to a CNN report

Trump speechwriter Darren Beattie (pictured above) was fired, according to a CNN report

Brimelow shared this tweet on Sunday after learning of Beattie's termination

Brimelow shared this tweet on Sunday after learning of Beattie’s termination

‘It was the honor of my life to serve in the Trump Administration… I love President Trump, who is a fearless American hero, and continue to support him one hundred per cent.’ 

Beattie had been formerly employed as a visiting professor of the political science department at Duke University before he took on the White House job. 

It is currently unclear whether Trump placed a specific role in his termination. The president did not remark on the matter.

Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Marine One at the White House in Washington, DC, on August 17, 2018. It's unclear whether the president had a role in Beattie's firing

Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Marine One at the White House in Washington, DC, on August 17, 2018. It’s unclear whether the president had a role in Beattie’s firing

Brimelow, however, took to Twitter to share his disappointment over Beattie’s termination.

‘Disgraceful that the Trump White House would fire Darren Beattie just for speaking at the same conference as me, even apart from fact I’m not a ‘white nationalist,” he wrote.

Brimelow in 1999 founded the Connecticut-based, multi-million dollar VDare Foundation.

He previously denied the website is white nationalist – but said his writers ‘aim to defend the interests of American whites.’

Brimelow founded the Connecticut-based VDare Foundation  in 1999

Brimelow founded the Connecticut-based VDare Foundation in 1999

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