US President Barack Obama offered advice Saturday to
Kanye West on the rapper’s improbable White House bid —
telling him that reality TV might be good training for
Washington.
West, who has declared with an unclear degree of
seriousness that he will run for president in 2020, was
performing at a fundraiser for Obama’s Democratic Party
in San Francisco.
Addressing supporters who paid up to $10,000 a ticket,
teased that he had campaign advice for West, who is
married to reality television star Kim Kardashian.
“First of all, you’ve got to spend a lot of time dealing with
some strange characters who behave like they’re on a
reality TV show,” Obama said to laughter.
Obama joked that the background of West — like Obama,
an African-American who spent formative years in Chicago
— may not be entirely far-fetched for the presidency.
“Do you really think that this country is going to elect a
black guy from the South Side of Chicago with a funny
name to be president of the United States? That is crazy,”
Obama said to applause.
But Obama noted that the title of one of West’s albums
may prove to be a political liability.
“Saying you have a ‘Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ —
that’s what’s known as ‘off-message’ in politics,” Obama
said, referring to West’s chart-topping 2010 album.
Obama did not resist taking a jab at the rival Republican
Party, whose leadership in the House of Representatives
is in disarray, saying that he heard “Kanye is thinking of
running for speaker of the House.”
West, who is known for his brash self-confidence and has
likened himself to Michelangelo, declared in August at the
MTV Video Music Awards that he plans to run for
president in 2020.
The rapper’s aspirations earlier won unlikely praise from
real estate mogul Donald Trump, the acerbic front-runner
in the Republican presidential race for 2016.
Trump told Rolling Stone magazine last month that he
found West to be a “nice guy,” adding: “I hope to run
against him someday.”
Kanye West on the rapper’s improbable White House bid —
telling him that reality TV might be good training for
Washington.
West, who has declared with an unclear degree of
seriousness that he will run for president in 2020, was
performing at a fundraiser for Obama’s Democratic Party
in San Francisco.
Addressing supporters who paid up to $10,000 a ticket,
teased that he had campaign advice for West, who is
married to reality television star Kim Kardashian.
“First of all, you’ve got to spend a lot of time dealing with
some strange characters who behave like they’re on a
reality TV show,” Obama said to laughter.
Obama joked that the background of West — like Obama,
an African-American who spent formative years in Chicago
— may not be entirely far-fetched for the presidency.
“Do you really think that this country is going to elect a
black guy from the South Side of Chicago with a funny
name to be president of the United States? That is crazy,”
Obama said to applause.
But Obama noted that the title of one of West’s albums
may prove to be a political liability.
“Saying you have a ‘Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ —
that’s what’s known as ‘off-message’ in politics,” Obama
said, referring to West’s chart-topping 2010 album.
Obama did not resist taking a jab at the rival Republican
Party, whose leadership in the House of Representatives
is in disarray, saying that he heard “Kanye is thinking of
running for speaker of the House.”
West, who is known for his brash self-confidence and has
likened himself to Michelangelo, declared in August at the
MTV Video Music Awards that he plans to run for
president in 2020.
The rapper’s aspirations earlier won unlikely praise from
real estate mogul Donald Trump, the acerbic front-runner
in the Republican presidential race for 2016.
Trump told Rolling Stone magazine last month that he
found West to be a “nice guy,” adding: “I hope to run
against him someday.”
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