Jeremy Carl: Trump's pick for top diplomatic role faces scrutiny over 'white supremacist' views
Source: The Guardian
Trump’s pick for top diplomatic role faces scrutiny over ‘white supremacist’ views
Jeremy Carl, assistant secretary of state nominee, has espoused ‘racist, antisemitic’ views, says non-profit leader
David Smith in Washington
Thu 12 Feb 2026 15.18 GMT
Last modified on Thu 12 Feb 2026 15.35 GMT
Donald Trump’s pick for a top diplomatic post has championed “white supremacist, racist, antisemitic and homophobic views”, a former US state department official has warned.
Jeremy Carl is set to go before the Senate foreign relations committee on Thursday as the president’s nominee for assistant secretary of state for international organisations, a role that involves managing relationships with and policies toward the United Nations and its agencies.
Carl, from Montana, served as deputy assistant secretary of the interior during Trump’s first term. He is now a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute, a conservative thinktank based in Upland, California, and specialises in issues such as immigration, multiculturalism and nationalism.
He faces a rough ride from Senate Democrats over a long history of inflammatory remarks, some since deleted from social media, many on the topic of race.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/12/trump-nominee-jeremy-carl-racist-views
