Kanye West hints at another presidential run

WASHINGTON: The rapper and fashion designer Kanye West (pic) has suggested he will run for president and wants Donald Trump to be his running mate. Trump, for his part, brushed aside a recent meeting with West as of no significance.

The artiste, who goes by the name Ye, posted a swirling symbol on his Twitter account with “Ye” and the number 24, apparently representing 2024, the year of the next US presidential election.

Then the rapper posted a video of himself speaking about a meeting this week with the former president in Florida.

“I think the thing that Trump was most perturbed about (was) me asking him to be my vice-president,” he said.

“Trump started basically screaming at me at the table, telling me I’m going to lose. I’m like, hold on Trump, you’re talking to Ye.”

Trump, who tried to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election he lost to Joe Biden, announced last week he would run again in 2024.

Trump posted on his Truth Social platform about his meeting with West, saying the two discussed politics “to a lesser extent” than business, and that West had asked Trump “for advice concerning some of his difficulties”.

The two “got along great”, Trump said, adding that he told the rapper “he should definitely not run for President” because “‘any voters you may have should vote for TRUMP.’”

In an earlier post on Truth Social, Trump said a meal the two shared on Tuesday night at Mar-a-lago was “quick and uneventful”.

Trump said West called ahead to arrange the dinner, then “unexpectedly showed up with three of his friends, whom I knew nothing about”.