Kanye West Calls Donald Trump a 'Liar'—He 'Said Things That Hurt Me'

Kanye West has called Donald Trump a "liar," stating in an interview that the former president has said "things that hurt" him.

Trump has been under fire from all sides of the political spectrum after it was revealed last week that he had met with West—who has been criticized for antisemitic comments—and white supremacist Nick Fuentes at the former president's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

In a series of Truth Social posts defending the meeting, Trump wrote that he "didn't know" who Fuentes was but stopped short of condemning the man who the Southern Poverty Law Center says is a "white nationalist live streamer."

Trump also posted that he agreed to meet West, who has legally changed his name to Ye, amid the fallout of the rapper's antisemitic remarks as he wanted to help a "seriously troubled man, who just happens to be Black."

During an appearance on Tim Pool's podcast Timcast, which was livestreamed on YouTube on Monday, West revealed that he continues to support Trump—despite stating that the real estate mogul is "known for lying." The rapper did not mention what specifically Trump had lied about.

Taking aim at Trump's former vice president Mike Pence, West said: "Look at Pence, he sold Trump out, you get what I'm saying? I would've never wanted to do anything that hurt Trump. I'm on Trump's side.

"Trump said things that hurt me. He lied about me, but I mean he's known for lying. And when people used to tell me that he's a liar, it's like... You know, I went into the trenches for Trump. That's another conversation.

Referring to his public support of Trump by wearing one of his distinctive, red "Make America Great Again" caps, West added: "There was no one in my position that wore that hat, and all of my surroundings. It exhausted me. It was like death by a thousand questions."

Despite his comments on Trump, West backed up the Republican politician's assertion that he was not aware of who Fuentes was before meeting him at Mar-a-Lago.

"He was rolling with me. I was impressed with Nick and I was like, 'Just come to the dinner.' And we had [Trump's former Florida campaign director] Karen Giorno pick us up from the airport and there was a lot of back and forth. There was another gentleman named Jamar Montgomery that was with us. He's an engineer at Boeing.

"We sat there [at Mar-a-Lago] and it was like when Trump came in, I said, 'Do you want to sit alone?' He was like, 'No, bring your friends in.' So a big thing is like, Trump had no idea who Nick Fuentes was."

West appeared on the show alongside Fuentes and Milo Yiannopoulos, who is currently working with the musician and fashion designer on his 2024 presidential campaign.

However, things didn't go smoothly. Early on in the interview, West spoke about being "labeled" an antisemite for comments he's made over the past several weeks, before making further comments about Jewish people, who he repeatedly referred to as just "they."

He continued to claim that Jews were in control of institutions like banks and media companies, and that these institutions have been trying to target him.

Around 20 minutes into the conversation, after Pool repeatedly pushed back against West's claims, the star made an abrupt departure, alongside Fuentes and Yiannopoulos.

West, Fuentes and Yiannopoulos met with Trump last Tuesday to reportedly discuss some of West's "difficulties" surrounding business and, to a "lesser extent," West's plans to run for president in 2024, according to a Truth Social post from Trump last Friday.

Trump has since been repeatedly criticized for hosting West because of his recent controversial statements, as well as Fuentes, who has used his streaming platform to share antisemitic views as well as those of Holocaust denialists.

In a video shared on Twitter last week about the meeting, West said that when he asked Trump to be his vice president in 2024, the former president responded by "screaming" at him. West also said he urged Trump to release those indicted for the January 6 insurrection, and Trump revealed his true thoughts about West's ex-wife Kim Kardashian.

He said in the clip: "I think the thing that Trump was most perturbed about, me asking him to be my vice president. I think that was like lower on the list of things that caught him off guard. It was the fact that I walked in with intelligence.

"So Trump is really impressed with Nick Fuentes, and Nick Fuentes, unlike so many of the lawyers of so many people that he was left with on his 2020 campaign, he's actually a loyalist."

He said that Trump said of Kardashian during their conversation: "'Kim is a [BLEEP], you can tell her I said that,' and I was thinking like, 'That's the mother of my children.'"

"When Trump started basically screaming at me at the table telling me I was going to lose [the election]. I mean, has that ever worked for anyone in history?"

West added: "I'm like, 'Woah, woah, hold on, hold on Trump, you're talking to Ye.'"

Newsweek has reached out to a representative of Trump for comment.

Update 11/29/22, 6:33 a.m. ET: This article has been updated to add extra information.