On Thursday, Kanye West met with President Donald Trump at the White House for a lunch, along with musician Kid Rock and NFL running back Jim Brown. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner joined the group for a lunch, but, during the meeting in the Oval Office–with reporters swarming them all–Kanye West went on a 10-minute long rant about his support for Donald Trump, MAGA, and admitted he was “misdiagnosed” with bipolar disorder.
West began his 10-minute long rant by first, talking about how Donald Trump has given him “superpowers” by giving him the MAGA hat. He criticized Hillary Clinton’s “I’m With Her” campaign for not giving him “the feeling of a dad throwing the ball around with his son.” Essentially, he said that the male Presidential nominee made him feel more powerful than the female nominee. He additionally said that Trump was “Superman” because he “gets the job done.”
KANYE on his #MAGA hat: “They tried to scare me to not wear this hat, but this hat gives me power, in a way…The campaign ‘I’m with her’ just didn’t make me feel as a guy that didn’t get to see my dad all the time like a guy that can play catch w/his son…I feel like superman.” pic.twitter.com/aLP2fkefnV
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 11, 2018
West then began to speak about his controversial tweet about abolishing the 13th Amendment. He called the law a “trap door,” that was put in place by four men who were looking to trap black people into slavery. He continued to speak in tangents and moved onto his diagnosis with bipolar disorder–claiming he had gone to a renowned doctor who said he was “misdiagnosed” and instead, had sleep deprivation.
KANYE, ranting: “That puts us back into trap door called the 13th Amendment. I did say abolish. Why would you will keep a trap door? The Constitution is the base of our country. Would you build a trap door that if something happens, you fall & end up next to the Unibomber.” #wut pic.twitter.com/M915dyPBbW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 11, 2018
Next, Kanye decided to insist that if Donald Trump doesn’t “look good,” then America doesn’t “look good.” He then unlocked his phone and showed the entire office his idea for an ‘iPlane 1’ which is a “hydrogen-powered plane,” saying Trump should be in that plane. Trump, then, laughed and joked about getting rid of Air Force 1. He then blamed people resorting to crime on the fact that America exports labor to China.
What in God’s name is Kanye saying: “We can empower the pharmaceuticals & make more money. That’s one thing. I never stepped into a situation where I didn’t make people more money. We can empower pharmaceuticals & our factories & bring not only Adidas onshore, but also Foxconn.” pic.twitter.com/HlGm0TVaiO
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 11, 2018
West then went on to say he wanted to build “Trump Factories” in Chicago, to bring back industries and business to the United States–calling Trump a genius. He also added that he wanted to open his own Yeezy Ideation Centers where kids can “play basketball and do math at the same time,” calling school and education “not as interesting as cell phones and technology.”
KANYE says he wants to build “Trump factories” in Chicago bc “he’s a master of industry.”
“It would be cool to have Yeezy ideation centers, which would be a mix of education that empowers people & gives them modern information like– sometimes people say ‘this kid has ADD'” ???????? pic.twitter.com/834ilGC4q8
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 11, 2018
A reporter asked if West was going to address “stop and frisk,” as he had mentioned people wanted him to discuss–saying Trump supports stop and frisk. Instead, the conversation turned, as West apologized for “putting Trump on the spot.”
Another reporter asked Trump if he would “allow Kanye to speak at one of his rallies” to which Trump replied “He can speak for me anytime he wants. He’s a smart cookie. He gets it.”
West then hijacked the meeting, again, to talk about “living for today” and stop focusing on tomorrow. Additionally, he said he would consider a Presidential run–only after 2024 when Trump can no longer run.
West also made new MAGA hats–instead to read “Make America Great” without the “again.” He said he’d love to see Trump at the Super Bowl with Colin Kaepernick, both wearing the hats together.
After listening to Kanye’s rant, an exhausted-sounding Trump says, “he can speak for me anytime he wants… he’s a smart cookie. Smart. He gets it.”
“Let’s stop worrying about the future,” Kanye replies. “We just have today.” pic.twitter.com/dgj9Sdhcpv
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 11, 2018
People began to ask Trump about stop and frisk, and if he plans to revisit the laws in place right now that many people disagree with. After praising West and Brown for being there, he said he’s “willing to take another look at it,” adding he feels what is happening in Chicago right now is “a shame.”
After Kanye indicates he doesn’t like the stop-&-frisk policies Trump has been pushing for years, Trump suddenly reverses course.
“I’m open to everything – hey look, I think it’s a shame what’s happening in Chicago. I’m in Chicago a lot too. I have… nice things in Chicago.” pic.twitter.com/Xb4YJ3InC7
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 11, 2018
Finally, the meeting that Kanye had hijacked and turned into a never-ending saga of his every thought ended when he admitted he “loves Donald Trump” and is “choosing to support him.” He ends up getting up to give Trump a huge hug.
Kanye gives Trump a hug, says, “I love this guy right here, let me give this guy a hug.”
The press is then cleared out of the Oval Office so the two can have lunch. pic.twitter.com/B5F4T0IEwl
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 11, 2018
If you don’t find this exhausting, confusing, and a bit insane–I really don’t know where your minds at. People on Twitter dumbfounded at the fact that this actually happened, in real life, in the f**king White House.
Overheard in the White House press room after reporters left a rambling Oval Office pool spray with President Trump and Kanye West: “Working here is officially insane.”
— Andrew Restuccia (@AndrewRestuccia) October 11, 2018
Kanye West is truly just an idiot. He’s got deep problems. An attention whore. This is absolutely insane.
— jacqueline conrad (@jhadleyconrad) October 11, 2018
At least the world can’t get any more batshit crazy than it already is.
*Kanye West walks into the Oval Office*
Oh.
— Mr Roger Quimbly (@RogerQuimbly) October 11, 2018
Kanye West, WOW, he’s officially crazy! Surreal! pic.twitter.com/1wMZq44kkN
— James Moore, Sr. (@jmoor88) October 11, 2018
Kanye West is so profoundly insane, so heroically stupid, and any reasonable society would have fed him to wolves a decade ago. https://t.co/Krm7LoK4hx
— Ryan Coogan? Why, Ryan’s been dead for ten years.. (@theothercoogan) October 11, 2018
Kanye West is (was?) a brilliant musician but that his insane bullshit has any place in the oval office saddens me at the level of throwing kids in cages.
— ExisKorlan (@exiskorlan) October 11, 2018
Kanye West is absolutely insane.
Even Trump looking at him like…. pic.twitter.com/wFDxysQMsD— No Filter (@ZigWilliams) October 11, 2018
@KimKardashian your man is insane! #kanyewest
— DMC (@cantwaittil2020) October 11, 2018
That awkward moment when you only have one black friend, and it’s a crazy asshole like Kanye West pic.twitter.com/cEPI8UvrBj
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) October 11, 2018
To make matters even funnier–Kanye West gave away his iPhone login, which happens to be 000000.
Kanye West with that air-tight, maximum security passcode ???? pic.twitter.com/tA1ctKxxis
— IGZ (@igzrap) October 11, 2018
I think that’s enough Internet for today.