Trump Nominates an Apostle of 'White Erasure' for the State Department

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/us/politics/jeremy-carl-claremont-institute-senate-hearing.html

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Jeremy Carl, President Trump’s nominee for a senior State Department post, struggled at his confirmation hearing on Thursday to answer what should have been an easy question, since he wrote an entire book about it: What is white identity and why is it under threat?

After nervously rambling about white food and Black food, white music and Black music and white worship styles, Mr. Carl told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that a loss of a dominant white culture is weakening the country. That notion has become an intellectual framework animating much of what has been described as the New Right, and Mr. Carl, who would if confirmed be the assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs, is one of its most prominent proponents.

But Mr. Carl’s halting defense of his theory on “white erasure,” along with previous statements about race and Jews, has put his nomination in danger. A Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee chairman, John Curtis, Republican of Utah, came out in opposition immediately after the hearing was gaveled closed.

“I do not believe that Jeremy Carl is the right person to represent our nation’s best interests in international forums,” said Mr. Curtis, who chairs the subcommittee with jurisdiction over democracy and human rights, accusing Mr. Carl of making “insensitive remarks” about Jewish people.

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