Nicki Minaj has gone full MAGA. This week, the Trinidad-born rapper aligned herself with the Trump administration as soon as extra and attacked California Governor Gavin Newsom for his stance supporting transgender youngsters.
Gov. Newsom was talking on “The Ezra Klein Present” on December 10, when he shared his shared his ideas on the matter.
“I wish to see trans youngsters, I’ve a trans god-son. There’s no governor that’s performed extra pro-trans laws than I’ve,” he mentioned. “Nobody has been a stronger advocate for the LGBT group.”
The clip of Newsom’s feedback went viral, and Minaj chimed in on Friday together with her response.
“Think about being the man working on eager to see trans youngsters. Haha. Not even a trans ADULT would run on that. Regular adults get up & suppose they wish to see HEALTHY, SAFE, HAPPY youngsters,” she wrote on X.
This led to certainly one of Minaj’s signature rants on X, lashing out at Newsom. She referred to as him a “cute boy who acquired every little thing handed to him,” and mentioned “He thinks he’s Tom Cruise solely distinction is, his subsequent mission IS inconceivable. He ought to get one other main position.” Even on Saturday, she was nonetheless posting about “new scum,” and sharing posts from MAGA accounts to her X web page.
Minaj’s allyship with President Donald Trump comes after she posted feedback on X supporting the president’s false claims a few Christian genocide going down in Nigeria. To thank her, Trump invited Minaj to talk on the United Nations convention in New York final month, the place she spoke with the U.S. ambassador Mike Waltz.
“I want to thank President Trump for prioritizing this situation and for his management on the worldwide stage in calling for pressing motion to defend Christians in Nigeria, to fight extremism, and to deliver a cease to violence in opposition to those that merely wish to train their pure proper to freedom of faith or perception,” Minaj mentioned to reporters on the UN convention.
Vice President JD Vance has additionally spoken out in assist of Minaj. This week, he took a stance in a longstanding rap beef, posting on X, “Nicki>Cardi.” This will likely have been a response to Minaj’s put up supporting Vance, who she has referred to as “fast as a pc,” the place she mentioned he was higher than Newsom.
“The Vance > The Gav Nots,” she wrote on X.
The Trump administration has been invoking some of popular culture’s greatest Black artists of their political messaging recently, whether or not they’re as enthusiastic as Minaj or not. SZA fired again at The White Home for utilizing her music in certainly one of their newest social media movies of ICE brokers making arrests, and referencing “cuffing season,” with the audio from the singer’s SNL skit, “Huge Boys.”
“White Home rage baiting artists at no cost promo is PEAK DARK ..inhumanity + shock and aw ways … Evil n Boring,” SZA wrote in a put up on X.”
