--- ---  # White Supremacist Group Gets Donald Trump Bump  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Dec 10, 2015 4:12 PM UTC  Donald Trump pauses during an interview with the Associated Press at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va.,Dec. 2, 2015. Donald Trump pauses during an interview with the Associated Press at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va.,Dec. 2, 2015.Andrew Harnik—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Dec 10, 2015 4:12 PM UTC White supremacist groups [say they’re seeing a bump in support](http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/donald-trump-white-supremacists-216620) because of [Donald Trump](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2015-runner-up-donald-trump/). Stormfront, a prominent white supremacist website, is upgrading its servers to deal with all the extra traffic Trump’s candidacy has brought, [_Politico_ reports](http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/donald-trump-white-supremacists-216620). Stormfront founder Don Black said he has also noticed a spike in listeners and callers to his phone-in radio show. He said Trump is helping bring white supremacy sentiment out into the open. “Demoralization has been the biggest enemy and Trump is changing all that,” Black told _Politico_. “He’s certainly creating a movement that will continue independently of him even if he does fold at some point.” Trump does not support or belong to white supremacist groups. But detractors say his rhetoric surrounding undocumented immigrants and Muslims is inspiring a surge of racism in the country. **Read Next**: [_Why Republicans Still Think Donald Trump Can’t Win_](http://time.com/4143717/donald-trump-muslims-republicans-2016/?xid=homepage) Donald Trump: White Supremacist Groups See Support Grow ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4144411/donald-trump-white-supremacists/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4144411/donald-trump-white-supremacists/"},"headline":"White Supremacist Group Gets Donald Trump Bump","datePublished":"2015-12-10T16:12:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:16:32.274Z","description":"“Demoralization has been the biggest enemy and Trump is changing all that”","url":"https://time.com/4144411/donald-trump-white-supremacists/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Race"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa498423f261e952/698874ad2dce01ffb69e6e08/donald-trump25.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa498423f261e952/698874ad2dce01ffb69e6e08/donald-trump25.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump","caption":"Donald Trump","creditText":"Andrew Harnik—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4144411/donald-trump-white-supremacists/","name":"White Supremacist Group Gets Donald Trump Bump"}}]}] ```