The declaration of Kanye West’s candidacy makes him the second person to enter the US presidential race after Donald Trump
Kanye West, who now goes by the name of Ye, at a rally in support of his previous presidential bid in South Carolina in July 2020. West, who legally changed his name to Ye, said in a video posted on Twitter late Thursday that he discussed his intent with former US President Donald Trump in Florida.The rapper said he asked the former president to be his running mate to become vice president but added that Trump told him to not run and that he would lose.
"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," West said in video. The declaration of his candidacy, which referenced several political figures and aides associated with US white supremacist and anti-democracy movements, would make him the second person to enter the race after Donald Trump.
In a video titled “Mar-A-Lago Debrief”, West said Trump “started basically screaming at me at the table, telling me I’m going to lose. Has that ever worked for anyone in history? I’m like, ‘Wait, hold on Trump, you’re talking to Ye.’”Infamous for his virulent antisemitic opinions, Fuentes started a white nationalist organisation called America First Foundation. The US Department of Justice has called him a white supremacist and he has been banned from multiple social media platforms.
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