Kanye West Announces, Seemingly in Earnest, That He’s Running for President This Year

Apropos of nothing immediately apparent other than the national holiday, Kanye West took to social media Saturday night to announce that he is running for president… in 2020. “We must n…

Some on Twitter greeted the announcement with a degree of skepticism about West’s real intentions of mounting an independent campaign this close to election day. Not among the skeptics, though: Elon Musk, who tweeted in response: “You have my full support!”West’s own website bore no information about a presidential run as of this writing. Neither does his Instagram account, which has as its newest entry a three-day-old photo of himself with Musk.

This does, at least for the moment, seem to settle the question of whether West intends to vote for Donald Trump in the fall, as he has suggested he would, as one of the foremost Black supporters of the president in recent years.Ty Dolla Sign Returns With ‘Ego Death,’ Featuring Kanye West, Skrillex and FKA Twigs

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