One would expect that if you see Kanye West and President Donald Trump in front of cameras together, then you would get some—let's say—interesting quotes.
Thursday the two got together in the Oval Office after Trump signed the Music Modernization Act and, well, things went about how one would expect. West—a very public Trump supporter—especially went off, tearing into one of his extended rants that have become routine these days.
Here's a quick breakdown of the five most bizarre things he said in the Oval Office.
1. Feeling like Superman
West said that the energy his Make America Great Again hat gave him was very powerful.
"I love [2016 Democratic presidential nominee] Hillary [Clinton]. I love everyone, but the campaign 'I'm with her' just didn't make me feel—as a guy…it was something about this hat that made me feel like Superman," West said, via Politico.
“I love Hillary. I love everyone, but the campaign ‘I’m with her’ just didn’t make me feel — as a guy … it was something about this hat that made me feel like Superman,” famed musician Kanye West said of his MAGA hat while discussing masculinity, the economy and his brand pic.twitter.com/T06Z5tOSIU
— POLITICO (@politico) October 11, 2018
2. Praising Trump on his foreign policy work
"I like the North Korea."
Trump: “If you look at the employment numbers, if you look at the media. Income if you look at every single indicator, we are keeping our promises.”
— Travis J. Tritten (@Travis_Tritten) October 11, 2018
West: “I like the North Korea.”
3. On SNL, Trump, looking fly and jobs in America
"What I need Saturday Night Live to improve on. What I need the liberals to improve on is, if he don't look good—we don't look good. This is our president. He has to be the freshest, the flyest. The flyest planes. The best factories. And we have to make our core be in power, we have to bring jobs into America. Because our best export is entertainment and ideas, but when we make everything in China and not in America, then we're cheating on our country."
“I love Hillary. I love everyone, but the campaign ‘I’m with her’ just didn’t make me feel — as a guy … it was something about this hat that made me feel like Superman,” famed musician Kanye West said of his MAGA hat while discussing masculinity, the economy and his brand pic.twitter.com/T06Z5tOSIU
— POLITICO (@politico) October 11, 2018
4. On liberals and racism
"One of the moves I love that liberals try do: A liberal would try to control a black person through the concept of racism because they know we're very proud, emotional people. So when I said 'I like Trump' to someone that's liberal they'll say, 'Oh, but he's racist.' You think racism can control me? Oh, that don't stop me. That's an invisible wall."
5. On Trump's hero journey and the future
"Let's stop worrying about the future all we have is today.… Trump is on his hero's journey right now. He might not have thought he'd have a crazy mother-f***er like [me]."
Lines from a presidential pool report (cc @GeraldoRivera), spoken by Kanye West: "Let’s stop worrying about the future all we have is today .... Trump is on his hero’s journey right now. He might not have thought he’d have a crazy mother-fucker like (me)”
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 11, 2018
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