Kanye West met with President-elect Donald Trump this morning at Trump Tower. E! News reports that Mr. Trump is eyeing Kanye for a position in his administration.
E! News notes Kanye and Trump met to discuss the rapper becoming an “ambassador of sorts.” They also added Mr. Trump sees Kanye in a potential “entrepreneurial leadership role.”
You can see Kanye entering the lobby of Trump tower below:
Kanye West arrives at Trump Tower for meeting with President-elect Trump.pic.twitter.com/LQohVVLNo4
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 13, 2016
Kanye’s meeting comes just about two weeks after he was released from a hospital for exhaustion. Before he went to the hospital, he declared he would have voted for Donald Trump.
After the brief meeting, Mr. Trump and Kanye went to the lobby to face the press.
Watch:
Trump as he stands next to Kanye West: 'We've been friends for a long time.'https://t.co/ADXWLI69ii
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 13, 2016
Kanye didn’t answer any questions whether it was about his own possible Presidential plans in 2020 or an inauguration performance.
Kanye told the press, “I just want to take a picture now.”
Mr. Trump was equally stoic telling reporters what the two discussed, “we’ve been friends for a long time. Life – we discussed it.”
Trump previously praised Kanye at a rally in 2015:
I’ll never say bad about him. You want to know why? Because he loves Trump. He goes around saying Trump is my all-time hero. He says it to everybody. So to Kanye West, I love him. Now maybe in a a few years I might have to run against him, I don’t know, so I’ll take that back. ut you know what, he’s been so nice to me. You people have sort of seen, I’ve been a counter-puncher. I only hit people when they hit me. Only. Kanye West has been so great. I would never say bad about him because he says such nice things about me.
After the meeting Kanye took to Twitter:
I wanted to meet with Trump today to discuss multicultural issues.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) December 13, 2016
These issues included bullying, supporting teachers, modernizing curriculums, and violence in Chicago.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) December 13, 2016
I feel it is important to have a direct line of communication with our future President if we truly want change.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) December 13, 2016
#2024
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) December 13, 2016
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