In 2017, Duke endorsed U.S. Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) for DNC chairmanship among other white supremacists. He defended President Trump's press conference in 2018 following the summit with [[Russia]]n President [[Vladimir Putin]], a position counter to the elites in both parties who condemned the president's remarks about the accuracy of American intelligence agencies. "Bravo Trump! Bravo Russia! … Russia has values that America once had and America the values Communist Russia had," said Duke in his latest defense of Trump.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/stephanie_grace/article_e18d4074-8aa3-11e8-afab-6b064babc5c0.html|title=Grace Notes: David Duke once again pops up at a low moment for Trump|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 18, 2018|author=Stephanie Grace}}</ref> | In 2017, Duke endorsed U.S. Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) for DNC chairmanship among other white supremacists. He defended President Trump's press conference in 2018 following the summit with [[Russia]]n President [[Vladimir Putin]], a position counter to the elites in both parties who condemned the president's remarks about the accuracy of American intelligence agencies. "Bravo Trump! Bravo Russia! … Russia has values that America once had and America the values Communist Russia had," said Duke in his latest defense of Trump.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/stephanie_grace/article_e18d4074-8aa3-11e8-afab-6b064babc5c0.html|title=Grace Notes: David Duke once again pops up at a low moment for Trump|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 18, 2018|author=Stephanie Grace}}</ref> |