Kanye West: I will be president one working day

Daniel Chaitin

October 07, 10:21 PM October 07, 10:23 PM

Kanye West declared he will be president 1 working day.

The rapper, who lawfully transformed his identify to “Ye,” produced the assertion in the course of element two of his job interview with Fox Information host Tucker Carlson, which aired Friday evening, even though conversing about how he thinks it is "crazy" for a presidential administration not to "use a talent" this sort of as Tesla CEO Elon Musk additional.

"I will inevitably be president — in my lifetime," he mentioned. "If I was in place of work right now, I would be calling Elon every day," West additional. "I would have him sleep in the White Dwelling," he reported about designs to clearly show folks how to "are living a simplified everyday living."

The rapper ran for president in 2020. He was equipped to get on the ballot in some states, like Florida, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, but only garnered about 60,000 votes out of an estimated total of 160 million, per the BBC. West indicated he plans a different run in the future presidential cycle, tweeting, "Kanye 2024."

For the duration of the job interview, West talked about a broad variety of concerns, together with his admiration for former President Donald Trump, why he wore a "White Lives Make any difference" shirt at his fashion present in Paris, getting shocked about learning the romance his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, experienced with Bill and Hillary Clinton, and far more.

He also decried the standing quo. "Our region is underneath assault, and media and industries outside the house of our nation are doing everything to continue to keep it as it was," West stated.