Kanye West, a rapper and fashion designer, has said he wants Donald Trump to be his running mate if he decides to run for president in 2024. The musician, who goes by the name Ye, uploaded a swirling symbol with the letters “Ye” and the number 24 on his Twitter account on Thursday, seemingly designating 2024, the year of the following US presidential election.
I think the thing that Trump was most upset about (was) me asking him to be my vice president: Kanye
A video of the rapper talking about a recent encounter with the former president in Florida was later shared online. Kanye West added, “I think the thing that Trump was most upset about (was) me asking him to be my vice president.” Trump began essentially yelling at me at the table, telling me I was going to lose, according to Mr. West. “Hold on, Trump, you’re talking to Ye,” I said.
Donald Trump announced on November 15 that he would run for president again in 2024 after attempting to reverse the results of the 2020 contest, which he lost to Joe Biden. In response to a request for comment over the Ye remarks, Mr. Trump’s team did not answer right away. Trump’s opulent Florida mansion, Mar-a-Lago, was visited by the artist, according to a post the artist made two days ago. He wrote on Twitter, “Can’t believe I kept President Trump waiting.”
What did he say when I asked him to be my running companion in 2024, do you people think? It was unclear whether the rapper was sincere about his objectives or if he was just looking for attention following a string of PR stunts that damaged his reputation.
German sportswear giant Adidas ended its lucrative partnership with him last month
Kanye West has experience getting attention and dabbling in politics. In 2020, he ran for president but received less than 70,000 votes, finishing in eighth place. After the musician made anti-Semitic comments, German sportswear giant Adidas ended its lucrative partnership with him last month.
Adidas later claimed that the breakup with West had led it to halve its projected net profitability for 2022. West has assisted Adidas in creating its popular “Yeezy” line of clothes.
As a rebuke to the Black Lives Matter racial equality movement, Kanye West appeared at a Paris fashion show last month wearing a shirt with the slogan “White Lives Matter.” Both the Parisian fashion house Balenciaga and the US clothing retailer Gap have severed their ties with West.