![]() Whatever his reasons for staying mum on Trump for so long, however, he clearly changed his mind earlier this month when he decided to praise another far right-wing personality, this time Candace Owens, an African-American media personality who has earned the adoration of the far right for her eagerness to demean Black Lives Matter. ![]() It could have also been because West himself has tried to align himself with progressive political causes in the past and consequently realized that sympathizing with a far right-wing president could undermine that aspect of his brand. It is rumored that this was because his wife, Kim Kardashian West, is very critical of Trump's policies. One month later the rapper visited the then president-elect at Trump Tower, bragging about how they had talked about "life" and staying so that pictures could be taken of the two of them together.Īfter that incident, however, Kanye's newfound Trump love went silent for a while. In November 2016 Kanye West made waves when he told an audience at one of his concerts in San Jose that if he had decided to vote (which he did not), he would have cast his ballot for Trump, according to CBS News. The story of the Trump-Kanye bromance stretches all the way back to the closing months of 2016, when Trump had just won an upset victory over Hillary Clinton and the rapper seemed incredibly impressed with it. ![]() Also bear in mind that Trump has yet to tweet anything about James Shaw Jr., the man who stopped the Waffle House gunman during a mass shooting earlier this week. ![]()
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