When a man known for white nationalism, misogyny, and political extremism pauses to lecture about basic human decency, we’re doomed. All thanks to Donald Trump, even Nick Fuentes is talking sense.
Nick Fuentes is not a figure anyone cites for ethical clarity. He is a far-right extremist, a white supremacist, and a longtime promoter of antisemitic, misogynistic, and authoritarian views. He has praised authoritarian regimes, trafficked in conspiracy theories, and helped radicalize young men online under the banner of “America First.”
By any reasonable standard, Fuentes represents the outer edge of political depravity. And that is precisely why his response to Trump’s Truth Social post about Rob Reiner’s murder is surprising yet powerful. Speaking at length on his podcast, Fuentes condemned Trump’s post as “ugly,” “evil,” “despicable,” and fundamentally inhuman.
Fuentes rejected the idea that political hatred justifies mocking a tragedy, stressing that no one deserves to be murdered. Let alone be turned into a punchline. Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were stabbed to death by their own son, and left a daughter shattered. Turning that into a joke, he argued, is “objectively awful.”
“He’s a douchebag,” Nick Fuentes remarks on Trump’s post
This may be Fuentes performing outrage for clicks. But he made all the right points. He contrasted the situation with political criticism after a political figure dies of natural causes. He argued that dissecting a legacy is different from mocking a civilian family murdered in a gruesome, deeply personal crime. According to him, laughing at this requires something missing at the center.
Then Fuentes went further into territory that should alarm Trump loyalists. He framed Trump’s cruelty as something supporters once tolerated in exchange for results. In 2016, Fuentes said, the deal was transactional: overlook the narcissism, the abrasiveness, the moral emptiness, because Trump would “bring home the goods.” But now, there is no deal left. “He’s a douchebag… and then he’s a d*ck on top of it,” he said.
What is the redeeming quality now? It’s nothing. It’s hollow. It’s empty.
Fuentes calls Trump “empty” in the heart
Fuentes even contrasted Trump’s behavior with his own reaction to Charlie Kirk’s murder. He noted that when Kirk was shot, he didn’t even think about mocking it. Because children were left without parents and lives were irreparably damaged. That is the baseline of humanity Trump failed to meet.
You go into Truth Social and make a joke about “Trump derangement syndrome?” it just goes to show there was never anything there [points to heart]. It was never a center. It was always empty. There was nothing inside there, and there’s something tragic about that.
This isn’t about rehabilitating Nick Fuentes. He remains an extremist whose worldview is dangerous and deeply harmful. But when someone at the far edge of political radicalism recognizes a moral line that Trump casually bulldozed, it underscores just how far Trump has drifted from basic decency.
Published: Dec 18, 2025 01:40 pm