Kanye West’s support for President Donald Trump has been no secret for some time now. But both pundits and the public questioned why.
Perhaps the appeal is the fact the President he seems to have such an affinity for is a celebrity who had no political experience. Or that he runs the White House like he is still trying to manipulate tabloid headlines in Manhattan circa 1985. Or maybe it is the reality show connection.
Who knows?
But it’s also been no secret that West is increasingly flirting with a White House bid himself.
He stoked those fires on Saturday with this simple tweet…
2024
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 8, 2018
But the majority of people in the Twittersphere called a hard pass on a West ’24 campaign…
On behalf of almost EVERYONE, please don't…
— Kristian Sturt (@FootieWriter) September 8, 2018
Hell no pic.twitter.com/flGxerHvG0
— Kathia Woods (@kathia_woods) September 8, 2018
— Andrew Wortman (@AmoneyResists) September 9, 2018
— Misty (@hoosiemommy27) September 8, 2018
No thank you! pic.twitter.com/9jabOXLb1Z
— Migrainica (@migrainica) September 8, 2018
…but that did not mean West did not garner any support. A handful of people expressed an affinity for the ideao of President Kanye West and First Lady Kim Kardashian.
— John (@itscinzio) September 8, 2018
Kanye for President 2024
— Marc Serapio (@_marcsizzle) September 8, 2018
— Renato Mazariegos (@RPMSports18) September 8, 2018
Would be greatest president ever
— Brian Sporman (@BrianSporman) September 8, 2018
But most just trolled him…
@kanyewest already planing his trip for @Paris2024 !
— Martin Fourcade (@martinfkde) September 8, 2018
People who care⤵️ pic.twitter.com/lL85c7BcDH
— LIZ (@LizInFallsCity) September 9, 2018
This guy cares. pic.twitter.com/kkv1HgcAEC
— LUMBER (@512lumber) September 9, 2018
Wait. Never mind. He is just waving down the hotdog vendor.
— LUMBER (@512lumber) September 9, 2018
Oh, is Kim running?
— diane (@dianelyssa) September 8, 2018
No, it's 12:01.
Just get a watch like everybody else.
— Dekenba Ⓥ (@Dekenba1) September 9, 2018
The year you will finally go to therapy?
— (@jaytay777) September 9, 2018
Yet, even with the joking reaction, turns out that West is pretty serious.
One of his longtime friends, John Legend, told The Sun…
“He’s said it multiple times. Yeah, I think he’s serious.”
“I’d guess he’d run as an independent, but he’s never told me anything about what party he would run from.”
“But he’s said multiple times that he’s interested in running for president.”
“And I think that’s part of why he likes Trump is because I think he sees some aspects of himself in Trump and sees that Trump winning makes it feel like he could do it too.”
Some people are already preparing for ‘President-Elect Kanye West’ in 2024, like Tim…
Honey, where’s my passport?
— Tim (@tim_username) September 8, 2018
H/T: Huffington Post, Twitter, The Sun, People
