President Trump's meeting with Kanye West was about as wild as expected.
The White House had previously announced that the hip-hop star and passionate Trump supporter would be having lunch with the president to discuss prison reform and violence in Chicago. But during a discussion in the Oval Office Thursday, West did most of the talking and certainly did not limit himself to these areas.
West instead went on a long rant, during which he said that Hillary Clinton's slogan of "I'm With Her" didn't appeal to him "as a guy" but that Trump's Make America Great Again hat gives him "power" and makes him "feel like Superman." West darted from topic to topic so quickly even Trump could barely get a word in, with the rapper veering from abolishing the 13th Amendment one minute to his business with Adidas the next. He eventually said he'd been misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder.
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The rapper at one point pulled up a GIF of a plane on his phone, telling Trump he should be using it instead of Air Force One because the president should be "the flyest," also telling liberals that "if [Trump] don't look good, we don't look good." West also said that Trump is "on his hero's journey right now," though he "may not have thought he'd have a crazy motherf---er like me" supporting him.
After West finally concluded his soliloquy, Trump told him, "I'll tell you what, that was pretty impressive." Watch some of the wild footage below. Brendan Morrow
